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004.009.002 - Documents
A black three ring binder containing information on shoe manufacturing compiled by M.O. Frost. The material was to be used as a guide and reference in the development of shoe machinery and methods by the USMC. This information was confidential between the USMC and the respective shoe manufacturers. There are tabs in the binder for Mattoon, IL; Atlanta, GA; N.Y. City; Nashville, TN;Philadelphia, PA; and Baltimore, Maryland. There is a preface ...
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004.009.003 - Documents
A faded green three ring binder containing descriptions of the pre-welt construction of shoes by the USMC. This book was compiled by M.O. Frost of the USMC Research Division of Boston and Beverly. There are a minimum of two hundred pages of hand written notes and colored drawings of this process. There is a preface at the beginning of the binder with a brief overview on the purpose of this material. A tab states that this contains information...
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004.009.004 - Documents
A faded green three ring binder containing information on welts for shoe making for the USMC. This material was compiled by M.O. Frost, a retired employee from the USMC Research Division. There is a preface at the beginning that gives a little more background on Mr. Frost as well as the list of earlier data books that he had compiled over the years. The preface was written by W.L. Abel of the USMC Research Division in Beverly. These could app...
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004.009.005 - Documents
A green three ring binder filled with documents pertaining to the construction of mocassins. This information was compiled by the USMC Research Department. There is no maker's identification inside the binder, but it came along with two similar ones that were created by M.O. Frost. There are approximately two hundred pages of hand written notes and colored illustrations that fill the binder. Each of the pages is located in a protective plasti...
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006.021.085 - Transcript
A twenty-seven page typed manuscript containing a history of the United Shoe Machinery Corporation (USMC) compiled by Wilbur Cobb. This was a transcript from an apparent lecture. This contains an entire history of shoemaking in Essex County beginning with the first two English shoemakers that settled in Lynn in 1635 to the present day.
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007.011 - Last, Shoe
A wooden shoe last manufactured by the Stuart Last Company of Beverly. This business was located at 16 Congress Street. This last is the 3 1/2 B Shirley model.
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