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- Shoe Last - Shoemakers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries molded pieces of leather around a wooden foot-like form, known as a last, to create a shoe. Some lasts had a removeable block, which made it easy to extract the wood form from the shoe. Others had a hole in the end where a hook could be inserted to pull the last out. Some had both.
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Shoe Last
Shoemakers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries molded pieces of leather around a wooden foot-like form, known as a last, to create a shoe. Some lasts had a removeable block, which made it easy to extract the wood form from the shoe. Others had a hole in the end where a hook could be inserted to pull the last out. Some had both.