Swede+as+Business+Man

**Exquisite Handmade Gloves **
====As is well-known to those who were lucky enough to own a pair of Newark Maid gloves during the company's heyday (and to those who are proud customers of Conglomerated Glove-Co. today), the Levov family have been making high quality leather gloves for generations. Like his father, who built the business from nothing into the industry leader it remains today, the Swede was completely dedicated to making the highest quality product possible. Although many details of the Newark Maid glove-making process are revealed in Mr. Nathan Zuckerman's recently published biography of the Swede, we have been asked by the surviving members of the Levov family and our sponsors at Conglomerated Glove-Co. to refrain from sharing trade secrets. In accordance with their wishes, we have chosen not to make available to the public any patterns used in the manufacture of Newark Maid gloves or any images of what happened inside the factory. ====



**Little Italy **
====As a businessman, the Swede provided opportunities for many of Newark's minority and immigrant populations to make a living and work toward achieving the American Dream. Perhaps no immigrant community was so profoundly impacted by the Swede's generosity as the Italian Americans of Newark's Little Italy. The photograph below shows just some of the children whose families benefitted from the Swede's decision to hire recent Italian immigrants to do piecework for his glove factory. Thanks to the employment the Swede offered to the families of these new Americans, they were able to achieve their dreams of a better life. ====



**Newark Riots **
====The Swede and his business were profoundly affected by the Newark Riots of 1967. As this video taken in the neighborhood of the Newark Maid factory demonstrates, the riots were intensely violent. Rioters, police, and members of the New Jersey National Guard faced off, turning the city into a war zone in which no one, not even the Swede, was safe from collateral damage. While all of the other white businessmen in the area fled from the violence, the Swede nobly chose to remain at the Newark Maid factory along with one of his African American employees. ====

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