Fragmentos da memória de uma fábrica na Coleção Fotográfica Laneira Brasileira Sociedade Anônima

Abstract

Laneira Brasileira Sociedade Anônima, located at the district of Fragata in the city of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, was an important factory for the Pelotas' community. For more than 50 years it helped the social and economical development of the city through activities focused in wool production and commercialization. In 2003 the factory terminated its activities due to bankruptcy. In the year of 2010 Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Federal University of Pelotas, bought the Laneira's building to install some branches of the University and to create a memorial of the extinct factory. Inside of the building a variety of artifacts, like photographs, were found which can lead to new interpretations of the factory's path. This study will discuss photography as historical documents to the industrial heritage, in the Laneira Brasileira S. A.'s case, evidencing systematic methodologies which can bring information about the manufacturing of this company. It is believed that the organization of the Laneira's photographic collection is fundamental to understanding its history while the factory was in full operation. This organization contributes to the creation of the memorial related to this patrimonial heritage of Pelotas