La-Z-Boy Upholstery Department, 1940-1959
THF290384 / La-Z-Boy Upholstery Department, 1940-1959
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Artifact Overview
La-Z-Boy co-founders Edwin Shoemaker and Edward Knabusch built the company's first factory with very little outside help, completing it by 1928. The cousins planned for efficiency in their three-story structure from the start, but they always looked for ways to improve the factory layout and manufacturing process.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1940-1959
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2015.78.1.281
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of La-Z-Boy, Incorporated.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11.125 in
Width: 13.938 in
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SetTechnological Innovations at La-Z-Boy
- 19 Artifacts
In 1927, Edwin Shoemaker and Edward Knabusch -- cousins with a shared interest in building things -- founded a furniture-making business. Their ambition to create new products (and to improve upon existing ones) became a defining characteristic of the company. This group of artifacts represents La-Z-Boy's history of innovation motivated by consumers' ever-changing tastes and demands.