United Shoe Machinery Corporation Fasteners in Box, 1880-1920
THF173922 / United Shoe Machinery Corporation Fasteners in Box, 1880-1920
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Artifact Overview
Workers at Will Currier's shoe shop in Newton, New Hampshire, used a variety of tools, fasteners and bits of leather, wood, and metal to make shoes. Small wooden boxes, like this one, helped organize the shop and kept needed material close at hand.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Fastener
Date Made
1899-1920
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
28.997.264
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Wood (Plant material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Gray (Color)
Brown
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 1 in
Width: 3.25 in
Length: 2.5 in
Inscriptions
printed on label on front of box:
U S M / UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CO. / 205 Lincoln Street, BOSTON
printed on label on end of box:
[?] / GOODYEAR / WELT OR TURN
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Related Artifacts
ArtifactCurrier Shoe Shop
In the late nineteenth century, this small shoe shop located in Newton, New Hampshire, was part of a larger factory system. The owner, Will Currier, received cut leather pieces from a factory in nearby Haverhill, Massachusetts. He and two workmen sewed these pieces together to create a finished shoe. The three could make about sixty-five pairs of shoes a day.