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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Manchester's Shoe Industry

Manchester's Shoe Industry

Lazdowski, Yvette
Kilcrease, Kelly
Perreault, Robert B.

Hardcover

Business GeneralEconomics

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 154024010X
ISBN13: 9781540240101
Publisher: History Pr
Published: Aug 5 2019
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Famous for its dominance in textile production, Manchester was also affectionately called Shoe City. More than seventy different shoe companies once called Manchester home, and thousands of area residents worked tirelessly to produce some of the best-known shoes in America and throughout the world. The largest manufacturers were the F.M. Hoyt Shoe Company, maker of Beacon Shoes, and the granddaddy of them all, the McElwain Company, known for its popular brands, including the iconic Thom McAn shoes. Authors Kelly Kilcrease and Yvette Lazdowski reveal how these and other Manchester-based shoe shops were vital to the area's economic and employment prosperity, especially among the immigrant population, as well as how the McElwain Company was an integral part of the Melville Corporation, known today as CVS.

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