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- Collection: American Brake Shoe Collection
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A street sign for Brake Shoe Place
Brake Shoe place, a street at the very edge of the West Mahwah Neighborhood
Brake Shoe Lab Building, 2017
Exterior shot of the Brake Shoe Laboratory building, present day.
Brake Shoe Lab exterior in the 1930s
Exterior view of the American Brake Shoe Metallurgical Laboratory, mid 1930s.
Plant Floor (wide shot)
An African-American worker loading finished pieces onto a pallet-lift.
A Union Dispute is Settled in 1953
Representatives from American Brake Shoe and Union representatives agree to end a strike.
Paycheck from 1941
A weekly paycheck given to a laborer at American Brake Shoe in 1941
Brake Shoe Employees
Employees of the American Brake Shoe and Foundry who participated in the research and development of the Atomic Bomb.
F.S. Lincoln photo stamp
The stamp the F.S. Lincoln used on the Brakeshoe Company photos he took
Maps of Brakeshoe
These are maps of the Brakeshoe factory produced by Sanborn insurance. It was drafted in 1925 but was updated until 1951. Their are also various closeups of the maps for more detail.
Maps of Brakeshoe
These are maps of the Brakeshoe factory produced by Sanborn insurance. It was drafted in 1925 but was updated until 1951. Their are also various closeups of the maps for more detail.
Newspaper clipping from 1947 reporting the passing of Ernest Busch, Jr.
This Newspaper clipping chronicles the tragic death of Ernest Busch Jr., son of a prominently featured ABEX employee.
Howard S. Avery
A portrait of Howard Avery
Howard Avery Tensile Testing with Extensometer.
The famous ABEX inventor Howard Avery. Owner of at least 10 patents related to the Brake Shoe, metallurgy, and welding. His inventions were important for ABEX and the industry. He was also an outspoken member of the local Board of Education, and a…
Melting Pot on Shakeout Machine
Melting pot being lifted from Vibrex shakeout machine,k which removes sand and core from the casting. Dust and fine sand is sucked down through the grating.
Brake Shoe Lab
The Sand Laboratory at Mahwah regularly tested such characteristics as permiability, green strength, dry strength, effect of binders and moisture in the many types of sand used (Brake Shoe Foundries).
Pouring a Mold for Sand Casting.
Lennie Busch and Benny Dembrowski pouring sand into a melting pot mold.
Pamphlet on War Product Manufacturing at ABEX
A pamphlet that shows the production of various war products during world war 2.
Development of Automatic welding using alloy weld rods.
RC. Development of Automatic welding using alloy weld rods. Bud Satteriee. 1948-1950.