In 1919, there were 39 shoe manufacturers in the city with some 13,000 employees. Soon there will be none. “I’m heartbroken,” said Larry Siskind, president of the Brockton Historical Society. Siskind ...
The Civil War, new technology and ingenuity sparked the growth that propelled the greater Brockton area into becoming the world's leading shoe center. Union soldiers needed boots, and emerging ...
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