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A MANUAL OF SHOEMAKING

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An Old-Fashioned Shoemaker. Frontispiece.

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A MANUAL
OF
SHOEMAKING
AND
LEATHER AND RUBBER
PRODUCTS

BY
WILLIAM H. DOOLEY
PRINCIPAL OF THE LOWELL INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

ILLUSTRATED

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1912

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Copyright, 1912,
By Little, Brown, and Company.

All rights reserved.

Published, September, 1912.

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PREFACE

The author was asked in 1908 by theLynn Commission on Industrial Educationto make an investigation of European shoeschools and to assist the Commission inpreparing a course of study for the proposedshoe school in the city of Lynn. A closeinvestigation showed that there were severaltextbooks on shoemaking published inEurope, but that no general textbook onshoemaking had been issued in this countryadapted to meet the needs of industrial,trade, and commercial schools or those whohave just entered the rubber, shoe, andleather trades. This book is written to meetthis need. Others may find it of interest.

The author is under obligations to thefollowing persons and firms for informationand assistance in preparing the book, and[vi]for permission to reproduce photographsand information from their publications:Mr. J. H. Finn, Mr. Frank L. West, Headof Shoemaking Department, Tuskegee, Ala.,Mr. Louis Fleming, Mr. F. Garrison, Presidentof Shoe and Leather Gazette, Mr. ArthurL. Evans, The Shoeman, Mr. Charles F.Cahill, United Shoe Machinery Company,Hood Rubber Company, Bliss Shoe Company,American Hide and Leather Company,Regal Shoe Company, the publishersof Hide and Leather, American Shoemaking,Shoe Repairing, Boot and Shoe Recorder, TheWeekly Bulletin, and the New York LeatherBelting Company.

In addition, the author desires to acknowledgehis indebtedness to the greatbody of foreign literature on the differentsubjects from which information has beenobtained.

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