Schroeder Factory Workers

ID: 2733 ~ Source: Courtesy of Madison-Jefferson Public Library ~ Date: c. 1885

This file appears in: Ben Schroeder Saddletree Factory Museum

This is the only labeled 19th century image of the Schroeder workers outside the factory known to exist. Note the boys sitting at front and the selections of different types of saddletrees.

This file appears in: Ben Schroeder Saddletree Factory Museum

Ben Schroeder Saddletree Factory Museum

By Historic Madison, Inc.

Almost untouched since the day it closed in 1972, the Ben Schroeder Saddletree factory is the nation's last intact 19th century shop where craftsman built the inner workings of saddles. Sawdust from the last run of saddletrees and the internal…