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cases-
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SHOES
flND
SHOEMAKING
ILLUSTRATED.
A
BRIEF SKETCH OF THE HISTORY AND
MANUFACTURE OF SHOES FROM THE EARLIEST TIME
-BY
W,
C.
MORGAN. H
BEVERLY, MASS,:
PRESS OF KEHEW & ODELL. 1897.
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INTRODUCTION. In the history of Beverly, shoes and shoemaking have always been identified with her success, and many of her most prominent men have been connect-
ed with the
craft.
The people
of this
generation
have watched with ever increasing interest, the development of the shoe factory right here in our midst, from the little shop in the door yard of almost every inhabitant to the large and well equipped modern With the growth of the factory of the present time. shoe industry there has also been a corresponding growth of city and property, and today we point with pride to the large and well regulated shoe factories in the manufacturing district. Incident to and connected with the shoe industry are other industries such as the manufacture of boxes and cartons, and the manufacture of shoe machinery. These- factories we have here today. Beverly shoes are known throughout the country, and several Beverly boys are sellIt seems to the compiler of this ing her product. work that a book of this kind treating of the history of
shoemaking
in general,
and
in
Beverly
in particular
a desirable one and one that will meet the approval and recognition of every Beverlyite no matter wherever he may be. The author is indebted to the late Hon. John I. Baker for much valuable information, to Albert Vittum and the Boot and Shoe Recorder for the use of cuts and to any and all who have furnished data or statistics. is
WILLIAM C. MORGAN. 19
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CHAPTER
I,
*,
The word shoe
derived
is
from the Anglo Saxon scoh,
the general meaning which the
any
is,
foot, excepting, of course, hosiery.
and shoemaking should be
of shoes to our
townspeople,
for
due
This subject
of great interest
what Beverly
time, her success and her position
of
covering for
is
at the present
among her
sister
no small measure to her shoe industry, that industry which has increased her population, cities is
added
in
to her wealth,
and made her the thriving city
of today.
The subject all
is
a broad one embracing, as
countries and nations, as shoes of
it
does,
some kind
are
almost invariably worn except by some savage tribes.
One
word shoe occurs
of the first times the
Bible,
if
not the
first
time
it
God meets Moses on Mount
is
mentioned,
Sinai
is
and speaks
in
the
where to
him
"Take thy shoes from off thy feet for the '' These wheron thou standest is holy ground.
as follows: place
shoes were probably sandals which were the only kind then worn.
We find
gather from the reports __
in
profane history, and
of ^scholars 21
we
and travelers who
,
SHOES AND SHOEMAK1NG ILLUSTRATED. have made ancient Jands_a__stiidy,- that ^hese sandals
were worn even before reprodQced and handed
down
for f rgrrjL pictures
to us
by these
and which once decorated the walls
ers,
of
this time,
ancient
E gypt>_vyejfind
explor-
of the cities
that the shoemaker, or
rather the sandal maker, as he
must have been
called
occupied a prominent place among the Egyptians. One picture in particular which is supposed from the characters portrayed, as well as the articles of wearing apparel, to have decorated the walls of
Thebes
during the reign of Thotmes Third or about the time of the
exodus
of the Children of Israel
from Egypt
represents the shoemaker at his work.
The men,
there are two of
for
them, are seated on low of
them making
of
the sandal through which the
'strap passed
dal
to
the feet,
which bound the
way
this
seems
to
us,JLn
McKay, the Goodyear and Eppler
The
tools bear
san.-
the oth^r sewing the -thong and
tightening the work with his teeth. itive
one
stools,
holes in the thong
Rather a prim-
these days of the
& Adams
some resemblance
machines.
to those
used
to-
day" in hand work, particuTarry-*ke ~awi -which has
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. changed but little. These sandals which as we have were the first kind of shoe of which we
'said before find
any
record,
were made low and fastened across Those worn by the
the instep with leathern thongs.
common
people of Egypt were
while
er,
were made in x
made wholly
of leath-
those worn by the priests and nobility
palm leaves and papyrus. Wilkinson treatise on the manners and customs of the
his
ancient
of
'
Egyptians says,
'Ladies and
rank
paid great attention to the
dals,
but those of the middle class
beauty
men
of
high
of their san-
who were
able to
sandals, for they were considered a luxury, sometimes and on some occasions, preferred going
wear
barefoot and in religious ceremonies the priests some-
times took them off."
These sandals were as material,
some
up at the toes
of
like
of great variety in
form as well
them being pointed and turning our old fashioned skates. The
Persians during the reign of Darius and Xerxes wore
many
kinds of shoes.
Hall tells us that there
were
three prominent varieties, the half sandal, the shoe,
and the boot
or
high shoe.
Among
the ancient
Greeks and Romans there were few who wore shoes, these few being members of the royal family, senators,
and nobles.
The
senators in particular were 23
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. very dressy
which were
the matter of their shoes, some of
in
black, with
a crescent of gold or silver
on the instep, while others were decorated with ornamental work in painting or embroidery, and some
were even studded with jewels. There were two kinds of shoes the Solea, which
we have
Calceus, which
were made
in
vogue
at this time,
described above, and the
wooden shoes and
like
which were designed
more particularly
door wear.
us that the
Hope
tells
wore shoes laced
in front
animals of the
cat
and
for out of
Grecian ladies
lined with the furs of
whose heads and claws
tribe,
adorned the top, and dangled down over the instep, quite a fancy ankle decoration certainly.
The Egyptian shoe was woven and other
made that
of
of strong river grass
vegetable material, but was very rarely leather,
the
the person was
of
Egypt believing by contact with anything
priests
defiled
that had been killed.
According to in
the time of
Homer the Greeks wore
boots to battle
Plato strongly opposed
Agamemnon.
the wearing of shoes.
On
shoes were removed as
is
entering the house the
the
custom
in
the east
today.
Among
the peasants of France, 24
Holland,
Belgium
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED, and Germany, heavy wooden shoes called "sabots" are worn as has been the custom for centuries.
These sabots are mostly made
An
ern part of France.
plane are
in
Brittany in the north-
ax, saw,
gouge, and
drill,
the tools required in the manufacture of
all
wooden
these heavy
The work
shoes.
is
done
and whole families are engaged in it. Sherwood in an article
forests
Leslie's
in
in the
Frank
some years ago since says,
"Shoes have played an important part in the romances of all ages. In our earliest childhood
of
tures
Cinderella;
This story
is
delighted in the adven-
the
little
glass
slipper."
older than the very language in
our nurses told
panied by
we
or
it,
and
comes down
it
to us
which accom-
a sort ot moldering and exquisite perfume
from amidst the papyrus archives which modern science has learned to translate from Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
captive
with
by
Pti a beautiful Persian princess
m
Egyptian general,
the rest of his spoils, to his
of the Nile. in the
One day
brought her
home on
the banks
after bathing her lovely self
waters of the great
finished her toilet, Pti
who
was taken
river,
was
youth as beautiful as the
and before she had
startled
by the
vision of a
Sun God, who ran toward
her from a neighboring thicket. 25
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. 'The youth would have caught her in his arms, but the lovely Pti was a true daughter of Dian, and being swift of foot, escaped his
embrace leaving
a tiny
This the
glass
and through
slipper.
its
woman was
the lovely
The
general had brought a train captives with him from the land of flowers and
therefore a Persian!
glass
clue
slippers.
when Cupid
crystal
slipper in
was none II,
to discover its
The Persians alone manufactured
glass shoes in those days;
of
her flight treasured
youth
medium was enabled
lovely owner.
in
How
easy the following of such a
placed the
first link of
evidence, the
And
the youth's hand.
the youth
other than a prince of blood royal, Ramesis
the original of the great statue of
singing statute, which stands on the Nile today.
When
Pti
was
Memnon, the
bank
of the river
at last found she fled
no
more from her princely lover; but as his wife lived long and happy, and her cartouche is placed beside his in the greatest of
all
Writers and poets of of a
the pyramids." all
ages have used the theme
woman's shoe from the time
scribes
a coquettish
of
Horace
Roman beauty
who
straps of her sandals around her pretty ankles, to that of T. B. Aldrich in
whose "Queen
26
de-
tightening the
of
down
Sheba"
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED, the
little
slipper of the heroine plays so important a
part in the life
that of feet. '
all
and character of the hero.
to
is
said
races Americans have the most beautiful
Several
familiar
proverbs
'Waiting for dead men's shoes.
in his
It
" shoes.
'Too
"
relate
"I
to
shoes.
would not stand
big for his shoes."
"I prefer
be trodden on by the velvet slipper rather than
the wooden shoe" are some of the expressions.
High shoes reaching
nearly
to
the
middle of the leg
were worq by men of high
rank
in
the
Tenth century. The Normans wore shoes very The early kings simple in form and made of leather. England are represented as wearing shoes decorated with bands of silver and gold representing leather. During the Fourteenth century, shoes were of
made
of a peculiar style
feet long
and tapering
up and
tied at the
knee.
young men wore them of one boot of
From
red,
some
of
them nearly two were brought
to a point; these
Some very
fashionable
different colors, for instance;
the other of a yellow colored leather.
suddenly changed, for fashion from one extreme to the other,
this style fashion
like fortune is fickle,
27
A
GROUP OF OLD STYLE
SHOES.
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. and shoes were worn which were nearly as broad as In fact the fashion was carried to they were long. such an extent that Queen Mary was obliged to prohibit the
wearing of shoes which were more than six
inches broad.
High heels are
no recent
of
origin,
but on the con-
trary are very old for as early as the beginning of the
Seventeenth century
costumes
we
find,
from representations of
of that time, that the heels of shoes
worn very
high,
some
of
them being three
were
or four
inches high, so that the French heel of recent years, instead of being a
new
is
invention,
but an old and
injurious fashion restored, and enough cannot be said
against them, for they are not only injurious but also
unhealthy.
The present form
of the
Seventeenth century, and
shoe was adopted in
in
the
the latter part of the
same century shoe buckles were used and these continued to be used until the beginning of the present century.
The most
curious of
all
shoes are those
worn by the Chinese women in high stations. They some of them being not over three
are very small
or four inches in
Chinese
girls
When
length.
have
bandages that growth
their feet is
very young the bound so tight with
stopped which of course 29
is
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. very
painful, but
able,
and there
sort of a
is
bunch
what
of that as long as
really no foot at or ball of flesh,
all,
fashion-
it is
only a
little
bearing no resem-
blance to a foot except that the shape of the toes are visible.
In
Japan sandals
America sandals made
of
of plaited thongs of
used to cover the foot and familiar
Indian.
with
straw are worn.
we
are
all
In
South
hemp
more
are
or less
the moccasin of the North American
SHOP
IN
WHICH WOODBURY BROS. COMMENCED
BUSINESS.
CHAPTER Adam
II.
_^
work pubsome time since said "The
lished
in a
Smith,
excessive consumption of leather indicates
America today
civilization.
sumers of leather and
it is
in its
are
degree
of
one of the greatest con-
varied forms of manufacture,
universally acknowledged that the civiliza-
tion of the United States
We
is
a superior
all
of us
more
is
of the highest
grade."
or less familiar with the
little
shoemaker's shop which formerly occupied a corner in the yard of every farmer, and which during the winter was family
made
by the manufacture
noise of
machinery,
hand and the
outfit
shops were busy
The
a source of profit to himself and
for
was a
all
done by
small one but these
little
places.
well to do people of those times as well as
others perhaps not so well to do, but
much
There was no
of shoes.
the work was
of
who
did'nt
have
an inclination to work, and their descendants
are with us today, would gather there and with the
shoemaker discuss the questions these
little
12 x 16 shops
of
the
day.
many theological and 32
In
politi-
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED, cal
questions were settled, tor the shoemakers of the
olden time as well as the the followers of the craft to-
day were as well read and our
We the
instructed as
any
class of
citizens.
of us who are still young, low bench with the seat on one end and
remember even those
little
the place for the
Two
also.
"kit" on the other, and that kit
or three knives, lapstone^
hammer,
strap,
shave, long stick, shoulder stick, awls, bristles and
thread
in
the small drawer^ in the lower part of the
the tub of water
also
bench,
in
the middle of the
floor containing the sticks or balls of wax.
are
all
familiar to
many
of us
These
and now today as we most delicate
look at our large factories filled with the
machinery, capable of performing the
yet simple
work
of
many men, we
this industry
can see what immense strides
has made during the century.
The manufacture
of
boots
and shoes
is
now
ac-
knowledged as one of the principal and most important industries in the United States.
1858 Richardson says
'The Americans superiority over
dustry and
in a
in
a
As long ago as
work published
in
London,
are rapidly securing to themselves a all
other nations in this important in-
few years
all
shoes of American man-
ufacture will be regarded as the 33
Ne
Plus Ultra of the
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED,
We
art"
were made
find that shoes
home
vate families for
in
many
pri-
the early settlers
among
use,
while those for Sunday wear and dress up occasions
were imported from the mother country. Although shoes were made in many Masachusetts towns, yet the centre of the business aeems to have
been from the early history of the trade, in Lynn. For we read in an old work describing this business, that the
town
was noted
of
Lynn from
its
earliest
settlement
shoemakirig which was one of its and it was with such facilities that
for its
chief industries,
shoes were
made
there, that
shoes grew spontaneously could be said
in
it
led to the saying that
Lynn.
If
these things
many years ago what can we say today
filled with machinery and every modern labor saving device which are so plentiful in The work was every well regulated shoe factory.
with our shops
done
in
the families of the manufacturers in the early
history of the business, there being no factories the
business In
was
necessarily conducted on a small scale.
1750 however, a new
business
by one John
maker who This ty to
at that time
man by
start
was given to the a Welsh shoe-
Adam Dagyr, had just
settled
in
Lynn.
workmanship and his fidelibusiness, achieved for himself no mean reputahis superior
34
.
WOODBURY
BROS. 2nd SHOP. 1
SHOES AND SHOEMAK1NG ILLUSTRATED. and greatly improved the then existing styles of The Continental army during the Revolution work.
tion
was
supplied with shoes
made
Massachusetts.
in
After the close of the war, and our ports had been
opened
to foreign vessels, shoes
as our people
were
in
no condition
at that time to
pete with European manufacturers.
however, that shoe business was is
today, for in 1788, the city of
ooo
pairs of shoes;
and
in 1795,
to be imported
began
It
dull,
was
com-
not long,
as the saying
Lynn exported
100,
300,000 pairs were
manufactured and there were employed in that city, 200 master workmen and nearly 600 apprentices and
journeymen. The first vessel to carry a full cargo of boots and shoes sailed for New York during May, 1818,
Shipments had been made this
was the
first
sometime previous, but vessel that had ever carried boots
and shoes exclusively.
for
At that time the manufacture
was confined almost wholly
to
soon spread and increased until
New in
England, but
it
1829 there were
four jobbing boot and shoe houses in
New
York and
same year the wholesale dealers handled about 1,000,000 pairs. The trade kept gradBoston; during the
ually increasing in the United States until in
1858,
there were 218 wholesale and jobbing boot and shoe houses, and through these houses passed the 36
number
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED, manufactured during the year,
of pairs
One
ooo. try
was
of the greatest strides
when
in 1851,
viz:
made
proved
of Boston.
was
in-
much
im-
the pegging machine
vented by A. C. Gallagher and which was later
Townsend and
B.
52,000,
in this indus-
F.
Sturtevant
by
E.
It is
estimated that at the present time
there are more than 2,000 of these machines in use,
As two
more rows
or
of
pegs can be driven at the
same time with these machines, it glance what a vast saving of labor old
method
of
later
former, tion of
is
be seen
at a
made over the
working with pegging awl and hammer.
Another invention
came
will
may
of equal
importance which, although
be mentioned
in
connection with the
was the McKay sewing machine, the invenone Blake and
perfected
still
called in
England the Blake
by Gordon McKay and which proved
to be
a great bonanza to the patentee and owners.
From the following
statistics,
we
increase of the business from 1845
aware that
statistics
are dry
often shunned and slighted
but
we
can see the steady to 1880.
We
are
reading and are very
by the average
reader,
think this subject of great importance to the
people of Beverly, for from this business a large portion of our port.
We
community derive
their
income and sup-
shall confine ourselves in these figures 37
to
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. our
own
in this
to us
Massachusetts
state, for
industry and
it
will
than would general
be of
the banner state
is
much more
interest
1845 the va '~
In
statistics.
ue of boots and shoes manufactured was $14,799, 140;
number
of pairs
engaged
in
made, 20,896,372; number
the work, 45,877.
501,725; number
engaged
in
of pairs
In
of persons
value, $37,
1845
made, 45,066,828; persons
the work, 77,827,
In
Lynn, there were about 5,000
in
1857
the city of
workmen and
4,000,000 pairs manufactured.
town
In the
nearly of
Mil-
same year there were manufactured In 1865 value $56, 113,987; num2, 000,000 pairs.
ford during the
ber of pairs, 31,070,581; persons employed,
We
see
This
is
52,821.
by comparing the figures of 1855 and 1865, that less shoes were made and the value much increased. of course
easily
explained by the fact that
during the war, less work
were fewer men
at
home
was to
do
done, it,
because there
but what shoes
were made commanded the highest
prices.
the value of the goods manufactured
was
number of
of persons
$89, 375, 792;
The number
working hours through the state averages ten
hours per day. ing
employed, 49,708.
In 1875,
May
$300
for
ist,
The wages
paid during the year end-
1875, averaged $525 for each male, and
each female employed. 33
The
total
amount
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. paid out in the state during the
same
period
was
$18,
which $3,687,077 was paid in Lynn or nearly 20 per cent, of the amount of capital invested, From the One more comparison. $18,692,864.
727,124; of
between the number employed in 1845 and 1875, an d the difference in the value and amount of production, we see what an immense saving of differences
the
labor
than
in
gaged
machinery has been, for many shoes were made in 1875
introduction of
nearly three times as
184$, and only 3,000 more persons were en-
in
the work.
tion of our state
is
The
entire boot
and shoe produc-
now over $100,000,000
annually-
From the Massachusetts
statistics
we
Number of persons employed
glean the following:
of
labor for 1895,
35,741; wages paid $12,302,058; value of stock $47,
888,675; value
of
product $76,882,713.
CHAPTER
III.
This chapter history of
is
a short
the manufac-
ture of shoes in Beverly
from
ment up
to the present time,
prominent citizens
its
earliest
with the names of
who have been
settle-
many
from time to time
The subject treated fully engaged in the work. would occupy more space than we have at the present at our disposal, in fact would fill a volume; so we have gone over the field carefully, gleaning such and items of information as may be most in-
statistics
structive and interesting to us today. It
was the custom
in
the early history of our country
journeymen shoemakers or "tramping jours" as they were called to travel from house to house repair-
for
ing shoes, and not unfrequently
shoes to measure.
they took orders for These shoemakers or cordwinders
and cordwainers as they were called in those days, boarded with the men for whom they were working, staying at a house until all necessary repairs in their line
had been made, then going on 40
to
the next place
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. and so on.
The
they travelled on snowshoe?. cordwainer of whom we have any know-
In the winter
earliest
ledge in our city,
was Andrew
who
Elliott,
the present residence of the late Israel scendent, on Cabot Street,
a de-
Elliott,
above Beckford
just
This part of the town was called
"The City" and was
lived near
'
'Hay market"
St.
also
a very important place and a
center of trade. Mr. Elliott
was the
from him descended
town
first
many
clerk of Beverly
prominent men,
President Elliot of Harvard College.
shoemaker
to
of note,
Also that
in 1629.
Thomas
in
including
find that a
Beard, resided in Salem
Thomas Edwards, a name
Beverly people today,
This was
We
1649 and
and
resided in the
familiar
same town.
1652 Jonas Fairbanks was
in
brought before an Essex County court and charged
with wearing great boots. Just before the revolutionary war,
moved
to
Beverly from Ipswich.
Joseph Foster
He was deacon
He settled on Cabot St. near clerk. known as Chestnut St. He was one now way those who supplied the Continental Army with
and also town
,
the of
shoes during the war.
pied by H.,
Thomas
now
living,
His shop
Herrick,
who
was afterward
with his sons, Joseph
Sidney, Emerson, 42
occu-
Thomas
F.
and
SHOES AND SHOEMAK1NG ILLUSTRATED. Oliver carried on the business.
Dane and Hale
siding on the corner of of
Oliver,
still
to
and forms,
now
the old house
F.
Herrick re-
Streets, the son
This shop
continues in the craft.
was afterward moved Myrtle streets
Geo.
the corner of Cabot and if
we
mistake not,
part of
standing there.
Joseph Foster's son Daniel had a shop on the vacant
lot just
below the Samuel
he manufactured
thick,
and petticoat trousers
heavy for
P, Lovett estate
where
boots, calf skin jackets
The
fishermen.
was done by the
retail
trade in shoes
time,
and Mr. Foster supplied these stores
principal
grocers at that in
our
own
and adjoining towns with men's shoes of various designs.
He shipped
also as
was customary
in
those days,
shoes to the West Indies and to the southern states, receiving in return grain, etc. In
all
kinds of produce,
beans,
corn,
connection with shoes, hats, furniture and
New England rum formed part of the shipments. These men would occasionally accompany the shipment, both for the sake of the the sale of the cargo. illustrate
The
trip
and
to superintend
following anecdote will
the fearlessness and pluck of these men:
During the war of 1812 several of these shoemakers chartered a schooner, loaded her at Essex during the 43
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. night, ran the blockade successfully, disposed of their
cargo at an
immense
good round sum
of
profit securing for
money
themselves a
as the result of their ven-
ture and the reward of their daring.
Daniel Foster's three sons, James, Seth and Joseph, all
worked with him, and
name
uf Daniel Foster
&
later they,
Son,
manufacturing pegged shoes Foster manufactured
house on Bartlett the shop
now
in
shoes
where the
owned the patent for Essex county. James the
in
street, also
in
Gorham Howard
the original part of
Wm. W.
late
under the firm
Hinkley's house
is.
His sun the late Daniel, for
him
assessor, succeeded tired in 1841, to
many years
the business
in
in the
engage
fishing
our worthy
until
he
re-
business.
Seth Foster worked
in
the
town until 1874, when he removed to Marblehead business
in
and continued the trade there. Many of the older manufacturers of that In
town learned
their trade of him.
1829 he removed
his time to the
to
Utica, N. Y.,
manufacture
nection with his store there,
Newark, N.
J.,
and
in
of
and devoted
custom shoes In
in
con-
1830 he removed to
the year following to Elizabeth, 44
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. the same state, where he remained until his death It
1833.
was
He was
the father of
Railroad avenue,
Wm.
New
A. Foster
whom we
all
inactive business on Park
was the
that he
said of Mr. Foster,
introduce pegged shoes into
first to
now
York
and
State.
living at
remember was
St.,
in
who
37
so long
was,
we
steam machinery in connection with the manufacture of shoes in Beverly.
think, the first to introduce
who
Also of Daniel Foster, 2nd,
for
many
years did
a large business on the corner of Railroad avenue and
Rantoul left
St.
Joseph Foster,
no children.
if
we
are not mistaken,
He worked with
his father
some-
what, but paid more attention to out of door matters,
and experimented largely in the culture of the mulberry with a view to raising silk worms and to the manufacture of silk.
For this purpose he set out the
orchard of trees near the corner of
Cabot rives
West Dane and
and from which Mulberry Street dename. His experiments were both interest-
Streets,
its
ing and curious, and he cultural
was commended by the
department at Washington
attention to the subject. capital to successfully
he was able
to
But,
as
for his it
agri-
intelligent
required
more
develop his experiments than
command, he was never able
his expectations in this particular. 45
to
meet
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. Among
those
who
learned the trade of the elder
Daniel were Capt. Daniel Cross, Olphert Tittle and
Osman Gage, of Mrs.
all
seafaring men, the Jatter the father
Charles T. Lovett.
where
Mr. Tittle carried on an extensive business
Green's Drug Store
now
is.
.
Deacon Nehemiah Roundy had a shop near the northerly corner of the Kittredge estate on Cabot St. At
this time
was customary
it
seven years and
to
for apprentices to
serve
Some
board with their masters.
were bound out
at a very early age and served until 21. were One little orphan boy was bound to they a shoemaker at the age of 7. When he was 14 he
remarked
companion that he was the happiest he had only 7 years more to serve.
to a
boy alive, for The deacon introduced the system ving 14 months.
At the end
of apprentices ser-
of that time
they con-
sidered their trade learned and received journeymen's
He had many apprentices under this system, wages. and some of them have been and are today among our most noted and influential citizens.
many we
will
Beverly people the Mr.
Out
of the
mention but one, a name familiar
Roundy
late
Hon. John
built the
I.
shop now
to
all
Baker. the
Dane house
on Cabot Street, having sold the old one to Jeremiah 46
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. who removed
Trask, Jr.,
it
He
across the street.
(Mr. Roundy) manufactured the celebrated Wellington Boot, a very popular and leading style at that
He shipped shoes
time.
to Africa
and other foreign
home
countries and also had a very successful in Boston,
and
many years made
sold the second
into the
shop
his
now
trade
weekly
He
with his one-horse team.
over the road
ward
for
trip
after-
shop and moved nearer home
occupied as a dwelling house
Three
Benjamin Holden.
of his sons,
John
P.,
by
Aug-
ustus and George worked with him, the latter doing quite
an extensive business even in
engaged worked in
the lumber trade.
dwelling house, for
many
shop of Mr.
this old
he
had
those
who
after
Among
Roundy 's, near
was Joseph Woodbury,
2nd,
years manufactured shoes on the corner of
Avenue and Hardy street, and who death was succeeded by his son Myron, who
Railroad
tinues
'in
his
who
George A.
the trade.
after his still
Woodbury,
con-
2nd,
another son, was for years located near the corner of
Park and
Bow
streets,
business there.
worked
in this
Joseph Masury
cities,
He
same shop.
and successful business
Western
and did quite an extensive
and
is
in
is
another
who
afterward did a large
Cleveland, Ohio, and other
at present
47
we
believe, residing
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. James
at or near the former place.
long our
was
efficient
so
Deacon carried
town
clerk,
in
town
prominent
affairs,
for
who was many
so
years
was another
of
Goodrich William Roundy's employes. on the business in the Luke Goodrich house
near the corner of Charles, latter
Hill
and who
Dane and Cabot
His sons
streets.
Luke and William, worked with him, the
being the father of Calvin and
Goodrich.
Charles
The house where Calvin now
was formerly
the
About the year
property
1819,
Capt
of
his
Thomas
W.
resides
grandfather. .
B.
Smith
bought the Benjamin Roundy estate adjoining the He enlarged and altered William Goodrich house. the house to
its
a large factory in
present size and shape, and built here
where he
did an extensive business
the manufacture of heavy boots and shoes.
This
shop was for many years a sort of reform headquarters where anti-slavery, temperance, freemasonry and
were discussed, and which found earnest support and many able advoHis brother, John G. Smith, worked with cates.
many
other radical measures
him.
This shop was afterwards
moved down on
Railroad avenue near the depot, and forms a part of
the
Railroad
House
formerly 48
owned by the
late
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. Jeremiah Murphy, and recently moved to River street. In 1830, David Lefavour began the manufacture of
women's morocco walking shoes Capt. Issachar Foster estate, S.
Woodbury
his goods,
took
short
when
in
Providence,
them an excellent
for
increased until he
cove, .and
now owned by Stephen He found a market for
through a kinsman,
and gained also
at the cove.
the shop on the
in
reputation.
1.,
He
'
term
was
R.
apprentices.
His
business
obliged to build larger at the
his son
Joseph W., 49
became
of age
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. BRAY, STANLEY & WEBBER
is
one of the youngest
firms in the city having been organized but a few years. The firm is composed of Clifford B. Bray, who at present represents Ward one in the board of aldermen, Ralph D.
Stanley and Louis D, Webber.
men
They
are
all
young men but
Mr. Bray was for years general superintendent of the J. A. Wallis factory. He superintends the manufacture. Mr. Stanley has had long experience as a salesman and upon him devolves the duty of Mr. Webber is a designer of patterns selling the product. and a practical cutter, and looks after that end of the business. The specialties of the firm are Misses' and Children's machine sewed, and old ladies' warm goods. They make are
of experience in the
business.
only for the jobbing trade their goods being Dipped to York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and the North West.
R. E.
LARCOM
is
one of the
known shoe manufacturers
in
the
New
best city
having been connected with the industry
He was for 19 years. the shoe finding business, embarking in the manufacture of shoes some eight years ago. He makes a specialty of Misses' and Children's spring nee shoes, and his goods are conceded to be second to none made in the city. Mr. Larcom occupies the large C. H. Cressy since the age
many
years
of
in
l
street. The output is handled entirely by jobbers, and he has attained an enviable reputation among retailers and consumers. The business is under the entire supervision of Mr. Larcom, who is an able and efficient business man and a thorough shoemaker.
factory on Park
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. and was associated with him, the business increased still
more, and he was ultimately obliged to build the
large
and convenient factory on Rantoul
after the father's death, the
by the
where
carried on
John
son, until his death a sh^it time since.
DaviJ, commenced the man-
Lefavour, a brother of ufacture of
shoes
early part of his in
street,
was
business
in
life,
1847.
He was,
during the
a seafaring man, being engaged
For some
the merchant service and bank fishing.
two years he manufactured goods for the Cuba trade, In 1864 his shop being on Ober street at the Cove. he removed and took inued
in
his business to
Park street near the depot,
into partnership his son
He
John H.
con-
the business until his death in 1872.
Nearly opposite the place where
David
Lefavour
started
in
busi-
ness stood the tle
the
name Woodbury Brothers may be
originated.
In this
removed and which premises
lit-
where
shop said to
have
shop (which has since been now used as a shed upon the
little is
of the present
Woodbury
Bros.
),
Thomas
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED.
Eight years ago small
way
business
under his careful
increased thirty etc.,
SOLON LOVETT
until
find a
little
moved
top
ready
surrounding towns but the
The
steadily
lifts,
to
soles, counters, taps,
and
sale not only in Beverly,
all
shop near the
over
he moved
New
&
Boston
into larger quarters in
factory, until
has
foresight
today he employs twenty-five
workmen making
which
started in a
manufacture sole leather cut stock.
to
to
the
From
England.
Maine depot he
Myron Woodbury
his present
building on
Federal street.
This building has been enlarged since
its
to
occupancy,
ability in
meet
and
is
also a
the
constantly
increasing
man of natural executive practical man whose experience
Mr. Lovett
business.
is
a
the details of the business enables him to produce
stock which
is in
demand with the
trade.
By
his
own
unaided exertion he built up his large trade.
Lovett
is
also
an extensive
real estate
has developed successfully several land.
Mr.
promoter and
large
tracts
of
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. Woodbury, the father
of the present firm,
worked
brothers Elisha, Luther and Stephen, trade.
The present
with his
firm also started in this
at their
little
shop
but were soon obliged to build larger there, and have
manufactured more goods and employed more helpthan
any other factory in town. Next to the shop of John Lefavour at the Cove was the Boden shop
where Warren, an early apprentice and his brother Porter D.,
worked
at the trade.
who
Opposite
of
Deacon Roundy
are this
now
deceased
shop was the
Galloup shop, where some of the Galloup brothers worked at the trade, of whom Jonas G., alone, sur53
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. WALLIS &
Thefirmof J. A. CO. is one of theoldest established houses in the city. In one chapter of this book, we find that the firm have succeeded in direct line to the business. This firm was founded in 1867, by Cressy Wallis. They started in a small way, but were so successful that the present factory corner of Park and Bow streets was erected. The business continued under this name until 1877, when on the death of Mr. Cressy the style of the firm was changed to Messrs. J. C. Kilham and S. B. Wallis, Kilham Bray.
&
&
Bray having been taken into the concern a few years previous, and in i8Q2, Messrs. Kilham & Bray retired, Mr. Wallis continuing alone, until a year or more ago, he took his two sons Arthur C. and Percy into partnership with him, the firm now being J. A. Wallis & Co. They make Dongola button and polish in McKay sewed and Goodyear welts, together with some heavy and warm goods and oxfords. These goods are sent to all sections of the U. S. and to Australia. One specialty is their hand process, machine sewed shoe, which is in great demand throughout the trade.
H.
J.
and
Machine
Oxford
SANBORN,
Manufacturer of Old Ladies'
Hand Sewed Boots and Shoes and
Ties, in the
Norwood
Building, Railroad
nue.
Mr. Sanborn
in the
manufacturer of Children's Shoes from
is
a practical shoe man,
Ave-
engaged 1887
which time he has been engaged in making the specialties mentioned above. He has a well equipped plant, and manufactures for both the
to 1893,
since
wholesale and '
retail trade,
and
his
styled.
'Old Ladies' Comfort,"
have won
for
goods which are
"Always Easy," him an enviable reputation, as a Shoe
Manufacturer. 54
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. Samuel Galloup, and many years was connected with David Lefa-
Samuel W., a son
vives.
who
for
vour
&
Son,
on South
still
continues
of
in
street,
one branch of the trade
John O.
Boston.
Standley
now
deceased and Thomas Banners, were among the older
workers at of
hill,
K.
shop was that Mr. down at Ober's point.
Another
old
used to give out shoes to the boys to sew
at four cents
Daniel
shop.
Hammond
Phillip
Hammond
this
per
W. Hammond,
worked Fielder,
Phillip
pair.
here.
both of
A.
whom
Hammond and are at Haver-
Another was the shop
which stood
just
of
John
below the hose house,
Here worked and adjoining Nathan Hull's estate. Benjamin L. Foster, John W. Abbott and many others
whose names
shop,
which has since been removed
are familiar ones to-day.
55
to
This
Lothrop
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. There for a
is
as good a chance
young man
to
start
-
the shoe business now as there was twenty-five years ago, criers of "hard times" to the contrary notwithstanding, and Beverly is the place to do it in. A few hustling young in
\
men have set an example, now let others follow and
keep Beverly in its present Geo. Millet! Woodbury p ace as a eader n the jj s t of shoe cities. Shall not the prosperity which has been given to our city by the push and enterprise of the young men of 30, 40 and 50 years ago be continued through the efforts of the hustling young men of today? Give the young men a chance, capitalists. Don't be conservative. Conservatism has been the ruin of some of our smartest manufacturing Mell.
|
J
j
Enterprise and business ability are deserving of appreciation and demand encouragement.
cities. ,
M H
1
The shoe industry is the heart and source of |
Beverly's
prosperity
and the foundation upon which it has reared itself. Let us keep the life
current throbbing to the structure
and add Levi J.
Woodbury Millett,Woodbury&Co.
Perley
G
Eldredge
are examples of what can be done here. The members of this firm are George Millett, who personally attends to the stock
department, Perley G. Eldredge who superintends the manufacture, Levi J. Woodbury who has charge of the packing and shipping room, and Melville Woodbury who buys the stock and sell-s the product. They are all energetic, progressive business men, each attending to his own department and all
working
for their constantly increasing trade.
56
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. was a
street,
who
a rendezvous for the boys,
sort of
used to meet here evenmgs and learn to play the
and other instruments, and
violin
has been enjoyed father
of
Capt.
Chapman's
in
Samuel
corner
many
Foster,
and
did
a good time
Israel Foster,
this place.
had a
the
shop at
considerable
busi-
There were other shoe shops in this which worked Ezra S. Foster, Larneighborhood kin West and many others. The shop of Ezra ness
there.
in
Cleaves,
on the corner of Dane and Essex streets
was another
their
of the older ones in that vicinity, as
was
Hezekiah and George Wallis, near shop homestead on the corner of Cabot and Pond
also the
George Lampson's shop, which stood on
streets.
Knowlton Smith,
of
street,
who had
was
of a similar character.
a shop on the
Davis, afterward removed to
corner of Cabot and
Dane
street,
did a successful business until he, with
took the California fever.
Wells
where he
many
others,
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED.
WOODBURY
This BROS. one of the best known in the city, and the firm has a long and interesting history, and for this reason has the author of this work taken it
name
is
to illustrate the
shoe industry ago,
four
development in
Beverly.
Woodbury
Bros,
of the
Years
made
14x16 shop at BevHere |erly Cove, shown on page 31. Rufus H. Woodbury and H. O. Woodbury the present firm and sons of one of the above mentioned brothers, started, first as workmen afterwards as manufacturers. This was in 1869. The shoes in the
little
first case of shoes was sold to a Beverly manufacturer, the next two to a firm in Boston who have been cus-j tomers of the firm ever since. In 1870, the factory shown on page 35, L was taken by the firm, and t.wor \
years later they moved into the third factory shown on page 41, which was destroyed by fire in 1891. They moved to Dover, N. H. but in June, 1893 came back to Beverly and moved into the large and commodious factory shown on page 59. They manufacture Women's, Misse and Children's shoes which are sold all over the country. i
i
'
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED.
JOHN
HINKLEY & CO.
H.
is
name
the
of a
wide awake young firm, who are engaged in business in one of the association factories 61 Rantoul
live
The
Street.
E. L. Hall, ers.
They
firm is composed of John H. Hinkley, and C. W. Moses, all practical shoemak-
started in business in the Frank
berry building on Park their first
moved
infant's
They make
quarters.
and children's shoes
and their market
the
ist,
1896, and
year has been a most successful one.
PERRY & is
May
They
a short time since to their present and more
convenient
,only,
street,
Wood-
name
is
the well
specialty
of
for the jobbing trade
through the South and West.
WOOD successors to A.
of
a
known shoe
Perry
&
Co.,
firm occupying
the factory on the corner of Broadway and Park st. Messrs. Perry & Wood have both had a large experi-
ence
the manufacturing of boots and shoes, they been associated with Mr. Albert Perry a well having known and successful shoe manufacturer from 1882 in
to 1896,
when
Mr.
Albert Perry retired
from
the
Their product is sold largely in the New and Middle States to the jobbing trade. England Women's McKay sewed and Goodyear turned medibusiness.
um
grade boots and shoes are their specialties, paying
particular attention to
wide goods. 60
CHAPTER
IV.
Jeremiah Trask,
had
Sr.,
a
shop on the Joshua; Trask estate, near the Gloucester R. R. crossing,
where
he,
sons
with his
Jeremiah, Nathaniel and Manasseh, did quite a Elbridge, a son of the
business.
Danvers
later,
business.
where he and
latter,
his sons
Manasseh made shoes
to
little
removed
to
engaged in the measure near
where the Stephen's Baker house now stands. Nathaniel had a shop in the rear of what is now the American Express Go's spoken
Jeremiah Jr's shop,
office.
of in a preceding chapter
was near where the
present Cabot street store of A. F. Place
Among
his apprentices
the late Seth Norwood,
were George
who
in
&
Co.
now
Millett
S.
is.
and
connection with his
son Francis, built up a large and well
known
estab-
lishment on the corner of Railroad avenue and Rantoul street,
and today the Seth Norwood Shoe Co.,
comprising as
it
does Francis, William
Clarence and Charles
is
one
the trade. 61
of
the
E., Elbridge,
best
known
in
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. '
CHARLES
S.
BATCHELDER,
1 ufacturer of ladies'
man"always easy" shoes
i for tender feet, Beverly, Mass. This is I the way the card of the above firm reads. Mr. Batchelder begun the shoe busi|j
ness
way
I ^6 em Pl
back
in
1869,
when he
ve d of D. Lefavour
entered
&
Son, BevHe old time shoe manufacturers. jf erly's remained with this firm twenty years, ij i fifteen of which he was foreman of the cutting department and did all the buying for the factory. When this concern went out of business four years ago, Mr. Batchelder went into business for himself. His specialties are old ladies' goods in hand and Goodyear turns, and his product finds a ready market with the leading retailers in New England, the Middle and Western states. Mr. Batchelder is located in the large brick factory on Pleasant street, and his plant is always
HHHHllBi
a busy place.
COLORS NOT NEW. Colored So do styles. History repeats itself. shoes tfyat we speak of to-day as "new" are old as the
hills or
something near
it.
Seventy-two years
ago, in 1825, red and green were the popular shades in shoes. In 1850 again the same vagaries of fashion
were in force to the extent that footwear matched the costume and reds, browns, and greens were "in it'' In olden times colored shoes were always strictly the yet here are prating about new styles and modern innovations! We are merely rehashing proper thing
the fashions of our fathers and grandfathers. sons in turn will encounter the same evil. 62
Our
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. from 1830, Mr. Ebenezer Moses who marMiss Ruth Pousland, came here from Maiden and
Not ried
set
far
his business
up
on the corner of Cabot and Essex
Wm.
With him came
streets.
D.
Crossfield,
Wm.
married a sister of Mrs. Moses and Mr. brother of Charles A. Larabee.
gentlemen.
He
the fit
the
He ic
first to
sole,
one
to
and successful business up
varied success.
after a
for several
Wm.
His sons,
worked
few
street.
sew the shoe and another
1837 and continued
Charles,
Chapman
ladies
and
accomodation
He was
introduce the division of labor with one to
did a large
of
for
built a large factory
on the Pousland estate on
Larabee,
Mr. Moses manufac-
rounds and pumps
tured mostly run
who
years,
at the
went
P.,
business.
to
work
to finish.
to the
pan-
years after with John, James and Mr.
at the
Crossfield,
Connecticut
state-prison at Wethersfield, but returned in a short
time to
Beverly and
worked 63
at the
trade here.
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. To produce handsome
stylish
and good
necessary to have patterns that
it is
goods.
mere
The
trade,
pattern making business
combines
it
mechanical talent and cessful pattern
Mr. Cree stitcher,
is
makers
skill
and
all
at short notice
art,
One
ability.
is
shoes
make
these
more than a
besides natural of the
in this vicinity is
also a successful
and
will
fitting
most suc-
W. O. CREE.
Contract Boot and Shoe
work entrusted
to
him
will
be done
and satisfaction guaranteed.
GARDNER & SIMMONS
are a hustling young In the fall of firm doing business at 27 Park street. 1895 they bought out the old and established business of George V. Brown, and occupy the entire floor
Their specialty is tips. their building. They use the best patent leather for the work, and their business is constantly on t'he increase since the inception of the partnership. They have an extensive trade in Beverly and the adjoining cities as the reputation of their goods extends far and wide, the firm receiving orders daily from distant shoe manufacturing Wallace W. Gardner and John H. Simmons centres. comprise the firm, both active, hard working business men who deserve the success which has come to them. of
64
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. Mr. Larrabee, although he worked at the trade for little
ters,
time,
was more
being
until a short
or less interested in
some
other mat-
time before his death large-
It is an interesting engaged in real estate matters. fact that Samuel Preston of Danvers, who invented
ly
65
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED.
GEORGE business,
BRADSTREET & CO.,
S.
manufacturing
Heels
in
started
in
October 1895,
m
the Norwood building basement, they were forced to
remove street,
to
Nov.
Norwood
the
J.
i8c,6,
17,
by
building
Baker building, at 37 Park on account of damage to the
H.
They manufacture Spring
fire.
Heels and High Heels from stock, and have a
and the
both
and
pieced
whole
and completely equipped plant carry on their large and constantly
fine
facilties to
They supply many of and some of their product
increasing business. tories in this city,
the is
fac-
sold in
the surrounding towns.
THOMAS
LAWRENCE,
H.
manufacturer of cut
Top Lifts, Counters and Tops, is the successor to Lawrence & Walker. The business was started January
i,
and been successful from the
1896,
Mr. Lawrence
is
a good judge of stock,
start.
and a prac-
man, having been employed in the sole leather department of Wallis, Kilham & Bray for twelve years tical
previous to his starting in businesss for himself.
product goes to fifty
all
the shoe towns within a
miles from Beverly.
66
The
radious of
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. the
first
pegging machine, was a school teacher
old brick school
house on School
had removed
Danvers and engaged
there,
to
many Beverly
old pupils,
worked
in
street,
his
employ.
A
the
and after he
in
persons, including
in
the business
some
of
his
large part of
our people during the preceding century and the early part of the present,
were fishermen, who worked
shoemaking during the winter, their work being Now, brought mainly from Lynn and Danvers.
at
instead of our city for in
depending upon these two places
employment, many from these towns are employed our factories.
Among]the?old custom shoe-stores fwere^those [of Edward Pousland and Samuel Dike, both prominent 67
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. One
most progressive and successful of the many houses engaged in the manufacture of boys' youths' and liitle gent's shoes in this vicinity, is that of
of the
FOWLE & DALEY,
in
a very small
way
whose factory and
Ward
located at 17 and 19
street,
on a capital
ing only turned shoes, they of their product built
The
portions.
and little
their all
of their
is
consists
One
very large pro-
shoes
is
in a
sold
of boys',
dealer sold year.
square
in
line
Boston
youths and
29,000 pairs
of
This concern cut
own soles and heels, make their taps and use own scraps. Every appliance and sanitary
their
improvement has been added safety of the E.
Of
equipped with the best
The product
York, and
gents' shoes.
one kind
have by the excellence
up a trade
and
machinery.
New
Beginning and mak-
factory occupies fully 12,000
feet of floor space, of shoe
Salem.
of $300,
office are
employes.
for the
The
firm
convenience and is
composed
of
Perley Fowle and Joseph E. Daley, both practical
men, who devote
their time to supervising the
facture of their output.
and business
stability
manu-
Gentlemen, whose integrity
have never been questioned.
68
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. talented and
citizens, is
now
occupied by
influential;
Joseph A.
the former once stood where Store of George H. Southwick
that of the latter
Wilson,
while that of
now
the Grocery
is
&
The Wallis
Son.
family has long and prominently been identified with the leather craft in Beverly, Nathaniel the
name
at Falmouth,
til
first of
the
here came from Cornwall, England, and settled
driven
Indians.
off
now
Portland, Maine, and remained un-
with the rest of the population
He seems
first to
but immediately after to
have come
Beverly,
to
by the
Manchester,
settling
near the
house owned and occupied by the late Augustus Stevens on Cabot Street Several of his sons were
shoemakers married
of
whom
in 1687,
Remember
Caleb, afterward Deacon Caleb,
Sarah a daughter of Nathaniel and
Stone,
the latter 69
-
being a daughter of
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED.
SOMETHING THE
NAMEAC
PNEUMATIC
NEW CLEANING
MACHINE,
This cut shows a Pneumatic
Top Arm on
Naumkeag base.
It is
ments work top
Machine
only a few mothe
to put
arm on the
and the
a regular
Buffing
new
old machine,
air foot or
cushion
filled
with air
automatically
together with the ed emery cover
new mouldis
the best
thing yet devised for clean-
and
ing the soles of boots shoes. fer
To prove
you
to
we
re-
over four hundred
manufacturers adopted
this
the
who
have
pneumatic
machine during the past year Naumkeag
Buffing Mach. Ass'n.
Beverly, Mass., U.
70
S
A.
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. Ensign Samuel Corning,
who owned
the land from
all
Milton street, nearly to Pond street,
Hill
by Stephens Coming's Cove near Lawrence's Pottery. Here did Deacon Caleb settle and rear many sons and daught-
many
ers,
of these sons
were shoemakers and
descendants are represented
The
late
corner of
in the craft
their
to this
day.
Deacon Caleb occupied the shop at the Cabot and Wallis streets built by his father
who carried on the business there, doing mostly Of the brothers of this latter Caleb custom work. Caleb,
who worked
the
John
E.,
northerly to of
father of
the old
of Mrs.
one story shoe shop most the above named shop were Josiah, the in
old
whose house stands on the
homestead house.
Edward
Henry the father John a bachelor, who be-
A. Perry,
came much
interested in horticulture and
and who
many years had charge
for
and grounds
of Col.
Israel
Thorndike
of this family
think,
to
our
Cabot
street
Lovett Street and beyond.
went on
more than
floriculture
of the
Thorndike,
city hall estate, extending from of
site
fishing
either.
voyages,
Henry the
last
these brothers, stuck to the old shop as
garden present corner
Several
Josiah,
survivor of long
as
and strength permitted, travelling back and forth 71
we life
to
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. The best
firm of M.
known
shoe trade, located
M.
firm consists of
The concern was
BRESNAHAN,
V.
in the
Bresnahan and
V,
established in
one
is
in
of the
Lynn. J.
1880.
J.
They
The
Hayes. are the
manufacturers of the celebrated Bresnahan Automatic Leveller which
work.
is
They have
unexcelled
New
Oil
Slide
rapid and stylish
the latest models of sole mould-
all
ing machinery, including the
and
for
New Duplex
Moulder
Leveller for press work.
The
reputation of this firm extends throughoutthe country.
The Boston
office is at
122
Summer
street.
TOWER, GIDDINGS 5
CO.
JSankers, 105 Devonshire
Street,
..^BOSTON. riembers of Boston and
New York 72
Stock Exchanges.
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. "the city" home of his wife, near Beckford street, at
one of the
many Smith Homesteads,
in that vicinity,
who was
she being of the race of Hasediah Smith, also
one
of the
many
driven from their
homes on the
Eastern shore, near Portland, by the Indians and
sought a
home
daughter of
daughter
farm
of
in
Beverly.
Mr.
who
Smith married the
Edmund Grover whose Jacob Barney, who had
wife a
was
a
very large
what is now Danversport. The Grover homewas near where Benjamin D. Grant now lives
in
stead
and more or estate,
less of the
Smith land came from that
there were many
cord wainers, the earliest
son of
James, born
Smith race among the have is John Smith, a
of the
we
in 1762,
who
in
his brother
1788 bought of James, a portion of the land where was
the former
home
of the
city
Times, nearly opposite Colon 73
editor, street.
of the
In
Evening
the estate
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED.
Lusting Machine
Bostop, 1
1
1
1
08
Lincoln
Summer
St.
St.
10 j Bedford St.
McKay Copeland
Lasting Machine Co.
Chase Lasting Machine Co. Continental Lasting Machine Co. Consolidated Hand Method Lasting Machine Co.
Boston Lasting Machine Co.
74
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. of
"the
Deacon Caleb
first"
maker's seat and
settle, are
Wallis, in 1714, to shoe
valued at four
shillings.
Another long cordwainer was Bartholomew Wallis who lived on the corner of Wallis and Cabot streets, in the house purchased some years since
Smith and which was moved
Cabot
street,
just above
tholomew, Andrew, father for a time;
tholomew,
Jr.,
by Thomas
B.
to its present location
on
Elliot street.
His sons Bar-
and Levi worked with
Israel
afterwards for themselves.
and Andrew W.
built the
made custom shoes near the late John the estate where
Ebenezer Wallis,
to
in
Pickett's his
who
Eleazer.
the
site of
yard,
streets,
and the
latter
measure, just across the street, house.
son Major lived
names we see that Wallis
made shoes
the
Bar-
three story
house near the corner of Fayette and Cabot the former had a shop
their
Israel
Israel
bought
now
lives.
on Wallis street (by these
street
was
rightly
named)
as did his sons Ebenezer, Jr., Joshua and
His cousin Ebenezer, whose house
was on
Bow and
the Lunt block on the corner of
Cabot streets, had a shop between his house and the Lovett House adjoining, where he worked at his business with his son Ebenezer, Jeremiah,
Fred A. Wallis, of the firm of 76
J.
V.
(father of
Porter
&
Co.)
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. William and Joseph, (father of Joseph A. Wallis, pf the firm of
J.
A.
Wallis
&
Sons,
)
so
we
see that the
business has remained in this family up to the present
time and
is still in
good hands.
A bright and tonguey member of this craft was Jonathan Herrick, whose wife was from the Wallis He served
family.
during the
war
of
1812 under
"
which appellation he bore His shop, formerly John Hales, was ever afterward. well known as 'Tar Bay," and stood on Water street, Harrison at "Tippecanoe,
until
it
was
removed
Michael Harrington
site.
Mr. Herrick
built,
a his
few
when
years since,
new house on
was the grandfather
of
old
its
Rev.
S.
Ingersoll Bryant, formerly of this town.
Another character was Harry Ellingwood,
Deacon Roundy, he was lame, youth was a pretty reckless fellow,
learned his trade of
and during
his
who
77
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED, was converted
and became quite a zealous Christian. He emigrated to Kentucky, and was for many years a successful and influential local but
in later years,
preacher there.
Lewis
who
who
Elliot,
married at North Beverly,
kept a shoe store
sively,
believing
in
Salem,
advertised
our wide-awake
as
Some
attractive
Many
of
for
them
their
are in
exten-
and energetic
dealers do to-day, that a liberal and judicious printer's ink pays.
use
of his advertisements
originality
ryhme.
and
and
One
of
were
uniqueness.
of
his
verses
read thus:
"Cheap, cheap, cheap was the cry From Buff urn's corner to the neck; Shoes
to buckle shoes to tie, Neatly will your feet bedeck."
Another loyal character
war
of
1812,
Foster,
known
on
Essex
Street,
Joshua Trask Trask,
Jr.,
served
was Josiah
He
Sire."
who
and
lived
House. in
during the as
"Cape
near
the
He worked with Jeremiah
some conditions and on some occa-
sions while telling of scenes through
which he had
passed, would imagine himself on board a man-of-war, and that those associated with him were all English-
men, and would often "clear the deck" shops crew, 78
of the
whole
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. .
A very
tall
shoemaker known as Jack Ayers, who
on the estate now owned by Charles H. Patch, near bald hill, had an entry built on to his shop, in
lived
order,
boys
it
was
to
said,
accomodate
his
took special delight in twitting
legs,
him
of
and the it,
serv-
provoke him almost beyond endurance, was one of their songs of annoyance:
ing to this
and
"It was long tall Jack Said his whip he would crack, On the wicked boys back
Who
persisted in calling him "Lofty" But "aloft what's the weather? They all answered together, And they would then change his name
to Softy.
Mr. Ayers,
was
a soldier in the militia, and of such
great length of limb that no one else
with his enormous
fall
strides,
out on the march.
could keep step hence he was allowed to
Had he
modern days
he would no doubt been a champion More than fifty years ago a boy by the
of pedestrianism,
walker.
lived these
79
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. name
Abner
of
tried to
the
learn
shoemaker's
Deacon Roundy's shop where then worked Thomas L. Pickett, a bright and witty chartrade at
who one day examining
acter, this
young
the
production of
"Well Abner, you have
struggler said,
made something which we can
worship, for
all
it
the likeness of nothing in the heavens above, or
earth
best of
it all
was
this,
credit of the joke to himself its
the
and the waters under the earth."
beneath,
And the
is
brightness off-set
any
the Abner took
all
the
and really thought that coming in the shoe
short
line.
One of who lived open
field,
the early Wallis shoemakers in a
square one story house,
where
Wallis streets.
is
He
now too
in
Daniel,
the
then
the junction of Rantoul and
was a cordwainer and reared
a large family, including several trade.
was
In the later years of his 80
who worked life
at
that
he came under
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. the delusion that he tion
was dead and
in
constant associa-
who had gone before. "Deadman Daniel," to
Hence he was
with those
known
as
distinguish
him
from another Daniel Wallis, a blacksmith, the grandfather of our present
well
known
builder.
thing akin to modern influences
Daniel of Federal street, the It
may
be that there
spiritualism
in
was some-
the controlling
which thus developed themselves
early days.
in
those
CHAPTER
t
It
may
be of interest to
factory in the United States
boring town
Danvers.
of
Zerubbabel Porter,
heavy brogans made by hand
was It
who waxed
for slaves in the in
V.
know
that the
located in the neigh-
was
established
These were
south.
possible.
which
were other small shops,
sprang up about the beginning of the century. uppers, soles
and
to
be finished, the
and the
rest
to
the
women
of the
The
were cut by hand and then
linings
they were given out
by
prosperous by making
the cheapest manner as
Following this there
shoe
first
people of the
vicinity
folks doing the stitching
work being done by the men or fishermen and worked at
who were mostly farmers the
trade
during
their
spare
Hundreds
time.
families added to their scanty income in this
At
this time
all
the shoes were sewed.
was fisherman's
of
way.
One specialty
heavy clumsy affairs, which the local shoe makers would make up and take to our wharves, and the neighboring seaport towns for sale.
Some
boots,
time later pegging work
was
Just before the war the uppers began to 82
introduced.
be stitched
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. on machines, and now everything
is
done
in that
Perhaps a short description of the process of the shoes from beginning to end terest, is
we
will
commence
the only room
in
may
way.
making
be of some
where there
the factory
machinery, and machinery
will
in-
This
at the cutting room.
no
is
never be introduced
here, for the cutting of the upper
demands something
more than mere mechanical
it
and that intelligence and association with
A too
skin
is
poor
is
skill,
only acquired by long practice
leather.
apt to contain some spot which to
always seen
go
into
at once,
the
but
it
is
is
too soft or
That spot
shoe.
by the
practical touch of the experienced
found.
needs intelligence
not
is
and
careful
cutter
that
it
is
These things the successful cutter must know also just what part of the skin is
and he must know
the best adapted for each part of the shoe upper.
The of
patterns are hundreds in
number and are made
straw board, bound with brass.
There are
pieces for each shoe, for a button shoe, large
and All
and
the
many
quarters
vamps, the button fly and the tip, shoe the eyelet stay and the tongue.
small, the
for the lace
these separate pieces must have their linings to
fit.
These uppers are assorted in "case" lots and are sent to the stitching room. Here are the rows of busy 83
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. each with a swift running machine before them.
girls
Each the
has her special part
girl
-linings or
makes
perform, one
to
prepares them for the upper,
next
the
one takes and stitches them together at the top, another one puts in the eyelet stay, then it goes to the
vamper and then the buttons ton shoe, and the shoe
heavy
is
mean time the
In the
are
ready
for
sole has
sewed on
a
if
but-
the lasting machine.
been cut from the
side of leather, the counter
is fitted in
place at
the heel, and they are then ready for the pairs of iron
hands and jaws that are ready to stretch the upper While over the last which has been put in position. still
in
the grip of these almost
human machines they
are tacked securely to the insole. is
Then the
tacked on and the shoe goes to be sewed,
and through, if
shoulder,
shoe
is
if
it is
sole,
through
McKay sewed shoe and to a a turned or a welt shoe. Then the
it is
a
beat out or levelled, the edges trimmed
the heel put on.
which
outsole
This
fifteen holes are
by
fifteen
awls,
is
and
an interesting process by the heel and
made through then,
at a
revolution
of the
which have been put in the machine plate, are driven through and clinched on the iron last. fifteen nails
Then the
top piece
is
pressed on to 84
the
nails
which
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED, just stick through the top
lift
of the
heel
enough
to
hold the top on without showing through.
Then the
heel
shaped by the heel shaver, then burnished with blacking or
is
the edges and heels are stain with hot irons, the
finished
wheels and cleaned with
and the black enamel
revolving brushes,
Then the
put on.
bottoms are smoothed and
with sandpaper
or' stain
laces are put in, the sock lining in-
serted, the shoe carefnlly
brushed and cleaned and
placed in ah individual carton ready for shipment.
A
recent editorial in the London
" Boot and Shoe
Trades Journal" which was reproduced
and Shoe Recorder''
is
in
turerers of shoes in America.
We
"Boot
the
of vital interest to the
manufac-
quote from
the
editorial as follows.
The predominant is
characteristic of
American boots
that they are stylish and attractive, and
lar to
note that the keenest competition has
ladies' goods,
made
it is
in
while no material
gents'
goods,
singu-
been
in
headway has been
because attractiveness
tells
more than anything with regard to women's footwear, whilst in men's goods other considerations have weight. to the feet.
They accommodate themselves This
is
readily
the result of two things,
lightness and suppleness
of the 85
upper stock,
the
which
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. n no case has
with the
way
the stretch taken out in
all
because lasting
lasting,
slovenly done in America compared
is
it is,
done
or was,
without the appearance of extra joint is
the
thrown over the
sole,
sole, a
and the bottom
is,
and
in this country,
again the lasts are designed to give plenty
lot of
of
The
size.
room inner
spring put
into
speaking, as
figuratively
round as an apple.
American shoes are result is
they are
light,
flexible; lastly,
made shoes?
parison, for
It
they are
soft,
and as a
they are cheap, which
But are they cheaper than is difficult to make the com-
a vital consideration.
British
they are
so
widely
different.
All
our
goods contain more material, and if the "timber" were taken out we do not doubt the possibility of a successful competition. assert and
In
have proved
goods at lower
rates.
There are
points,
fact
many
their ability to
however
in
manufacturers
make
similar
which American
behind the English, and this
is why they and principally to women's work. They do not conform to our ideas as to substance, and when we have exhausted all the
shoes will
fall
far
be confined
to
limited
sale,
praise in favor of the lightness
American goods
we
and
flexibility
of the
are forced to the conclusion 86
that
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. British climate
and
requirements need a stout-
British
and more substantial foot covering.
er
Cold and
rheumatism ever threaten the wearer of knife edge shoes here, and the nature of the passing winter
is
the best answer to the problem of thin or thick boots.
You say wear in their
and is
rubbers! Yes, these articles are good
who
way, but there are people
wear them, and as the secret
will not
make what customers want, and
to
would
like
them
Now
object to
to
there
have,
the
them
of business
what one
not
question
must
many have noticed it, that the moment you begin to put weight and substance into an American boot it instantly begins to rest.
it is
a fact, and doubtless
Thus
lose its attractiveness. will
goods shoes.
are ers
that the American
be confined to a lighter class of boots and
They
some time
it is
to
fill,
fill,
and
will
doubtless
continue for
a certain want, but as our factories
now equipped with fine machinery, and employand workman are aroused to a proper frame of
mind, and determined to cope the trade,
we
repeat,
must
with any competition,
of necessity be
a limited
one. If
want
Americans want to do a trade here, to
keep the
bit
they have
got, there
is
if they one fact
that they have to bear in mind, and that constantly, 87
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED, that
is,
the importance of
equal to sample. not do, others of
This, at
may; but
it is
American footwear, and
stand in the
way
bulk
delivering
some
least,
of
orders
them do
a sore point with buyers
which
a trouble
it is
of further progress until time
will
and ex-
If on the perience prove that sample and bulk agree. other hand, English manufacturers desire to keep the
American trade they
too,
in
check, or
have some things
be
may
limit
cultivate a degree of lightness in their
They must goods consist-
ent with solidity and durability, and the that direction
yet further,
it
to observe.
first
giving more attention
lies in
do to the stock they use for uppers.
than they
They must
study the question of attractiveness. prevailing patterns of
Most
Amercian goods are
or variations thereof.
step in
also
of the
old English
Somehow, within the
last
few
years English boots and shoes have been of the plainest
if
an attempt had
old-fashion
country bespoke
and handsomeless design, as
been made
to
work; but there
more
imitate is
not only room, but a
demand
for
and a large unconquered and artistic shoe designer.
art in British footwear,
field lies
before the skillful
Last, but not
least,
the
English manufacturer
limit his variety, for this is the
only
way
crease the cost of production; and decrease 88
must
he can deit
he must
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. and that contiually, or he will find the mechanical shoe maker of America a far more painful thorn in his side,
Whether
than he
is
and
from stock instead of
sell
today.
it
will
to
be necessary to
make
order absolutely
matter which time will have to prove, but there mistaking the fact that indications point
Machinery seems to demand it, the encourages it, and competion may this
that
is
is
a
no
way.
fitfulness of trade
at
length
render
of production inevitable.
system have dwelt
We
briefly
on the history of footwear,
from very early times up to the present day,
touch-
ing the different kinds made, and various styles worn
from one century to another, and so on down to this time.
of
We also
work done
have given
in this
brief outline of the
amount
country up to the present time,
with interesting and instructive
statistics.
We
also
touch briefly upon the early manufacturers and dealers in town, filling the whole in with anecdote and 89
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED,
We
have no doubt omitted many persons and shops which we would have been pleased to notice, did space permit. Below is a complete list of the
story.
shoe manufacturing establishments
the city, to
in
the present time with their location. Babb,
Williams,
Douglas
Frazier,
Co., 47 Park Street.
Baker, J.H.
&
Co., 39 Park
Co.,
55
,
&
J.
Co., 59
Rantoul Street.
Louis P.
Hinkley,
Park
41
J.
H.
&
Co., rear
61 Rantoul Street.
Street.
R.
Larcom, Edward R., 59 Park
State Boot and Shoe Co.
Lunt, Hervey, 68 R. R. Ave-
Batchelder,
Chas.
S,
58
Street.
R. Ave.
Bay
D
Hassett,
Street.
Baker,
&
T. E.
Pleasant Street.
Marsters
75 Park Street.
Bray, Stanley
Park
&
Webber,
Millett,
Murray,
Street.
Caldwell, Edw.
J.,
Perry
Park
Co., 53 Ran-
Seth
Shoe Co.,
&
52 R. R.
Wood,
59
Ave.
Broad-
way.
Street.
Dennis,
Cone&
Nugent Bros., Lefavour,
Co.,
85 Rantoul Street.
Street. i
&
Woodbury
Norwood,
Chase, Lewis H., 104 Bridge
&
Ran-
toul Street.
594 Cab-
ot Street.
Curtis
55
61 Rantoul Street.
Balch
E.,
Walker,
i
Street.
Burnham, Louis
&
toul Street.
John
J.
2nd,
Porter, Jeremiah
77
R. Ave.,
Bisson Street.
90
L.,
58
R.
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED. Raymond
&
Mader,
i
Park
Rogers, S. M. Shoe Co., 37
Park
J.
&
H.
Co., 55
Pleasant Street.
Seavey, F. A.
&
Co.,
Bow
Warren, A.
W. &
Co., 64
Wilson,
John,
63
Federal
59
Woodberry, Frank, 81 Park Street.
Thissell, Arthur P., 130
Park
Woodbury
Bros., 40 Rantoul
Street.
Street.
Tuck, Walter Broadway.
E.,
&
Co., 55
Woodbury,
compilation
Myron
55
Bow
in
the
Street.
To any who have contributed of this
work,
the
in
any way
extends
publisher
thanks, and also to the advertisers,
munity.
Co. 65
Street.
Rantoul Street.
reliable
&
R. R. Ave
Street.
Sanborn,
Wallis,J. A. Street,
Street.
all
of
and can be heartily recommended
whom to
are
the com-
SHOES AND SHOEMAKING ILLUSTRATED.
How much
a
man
is
like old shoes'
For instance, each a sole may lose. Both have been tanned both are made tight By Cobblers both get left and right. Both need a mate to be complete, And both are made to go on feet.
They both need
And
both
heeling; oft are sold, turn all to mould.
in time,
With shoes the last is first; with men The first shall be last, and when The shoes wear out they're mended new. When men wear out, they're men dead, too! They both are trod upon and both Will tread on others
nothing loath. and both incline. When polished in the world to shine; And both peg out. And would you choose
Both have their
To be
a
man
ties
or be his shoes?
ADVERTISEMENTS
GLENWOOD Ranges and
Are The
Furnaces Best.
Economical in fuel.
and
We
are
Low
in Price.
Headquarters
for
the
Glenwood
Ranges, Alaska Refrigerators and Ice Chests. Blue Flame Oil Stoves, Wall Papers, Crockery, Straw and Oil Carpets, and Kitchen Furnishings. Ice
and
Cream all
Freezers,
Hammocks, Window Screens,
kinds of Piazza Chairs.
O. LTJlsTT, 214 Cabot
Beverly
St., 93
ADVERTISEMENTS
No Manufacturer or elsewhere, in
who
is
in
posted in his business,
Beverly it is
safe to assert,
purchasing the various items of materials and labor which
enter into the finished product of his factory,
could
be in-
duced to by any pretext or for any purpose to choose the INFERIOR quality of the several commodities, were the BEST to be offered at the same price; the person making such a propo-
him would be treated as a drivelling idiot. But when the same manufacturer comes to select the item of INSURANCE which forms the basis of credit for all his operaDoes he make any comparison of the difftions, how then? erent "GOODS" offered? We think not! But nevertheless there is just as wide a difference in the quality of insurance offered as there is in the quality of stock and materials used, but unlike the stock and materials the Best quality costs no more than the poorest. Therefore, don't be induced to take year after year policies the value of which is all a matter of Be posted! You pride yourself that you conjecture with you. sition to
are in every other department of your business.
We
are
in
We
the business to prove the quality of the goods we sell. ask no more for the ist class article than you pay for the poor one. Let us talk with you about it! It will be worth your while!
Arthur A. Forness, Room
3.
Endicott Bldg, Beverly.
Representing 14 of the Largest and Strongest
and Foreign Companies. 94
Home
ADVERTISEMENTS
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CD oo 00~ CJD
5S.
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J2
V) ~ti +2 ^ oj *rr
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V > O
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OJ
at the old
Corner Drug Store. Established 100 years ago.
Horace Standley, Prop.
95
CX
ADVERTISEMENTS
Old Stand.
RICHMOND
Every
is
war-
ranted. In
NO respect
In
SOME
is it
respect
surpassed.
it
is
unriv-
alled.
The
RICHMOND keeps
fire
GRATE
with least
at-
tention. Its
SIMPLICITY commends
When in doubt buy MOND.
F. A-
HTNKU5Y 91
CABOT
ST.
Up-to-date Kitchen Furnishers. 96
A
it.
a RICH-
CO.,
ADVERTISEMENTS
s. s. Designer and
Maker
of
Pint Butterick Patterns.
Agent for Lewando's Dye House. Headquarters for Dolls. IfcTo.
1O5 Cabot Street,
3
(Birbler's
Coal Mbaves, 15 Oaloot Street TTsTsuter
Anthracite and
HflRD
COAL.
HHD SOFT WOOD 97
and
Street
ADVERTISEMENTS
Stop flying IRent! wn ?our own Ibome Affords the
155 Cabot
St., X] opportunity. BEVERLY, MASS. Geo. F. Hinkley no 77 Cabot St. opposite Pleasant St., Beverly Mass. Where you can find the highest grade of Ranges, Furnaces, and tinware Twenty-seven years experincein the Furnace and Stove work in BevIf you deal with erly. me, that experience is worth something to you. Lowest cash prices on all goods which are high in standard, and fully war-
"
rante dPractical store man, oldest stand in the Orders county. by mail ^^jwFWUatpromptly attended. the carry largest line of Ranges[in the city also the best furnace for a low price. Call on us and be convinced. No. 77 Cabot St., Agent for Hot Water Heaters Steam and Hot Air and Hot Water combined. Anthony goods represent Smith ire the leading manufacturers in this line of goods, sanitary plumbing
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77
CABOT STREET. 98
&
ADVERTISEMENTS
Massachusetts Cleansing Co. R
54 MunroeSt-, Lynn.
We
W
,
Filne, Manager-
your Clothes once each week, sponge, clean, and repair them (small repairs) and return them to your residence for $1.25 per month, or $12 per year, payable in adwill call for
press,
vance.
IT
REALLY COSTS YOU NOTHING,
Because Clothes so well taken care of will average double wear, and look like new all the time. References by permission:
E. A. Maloon, S. B. Bray, A. Whitcomb, C. A. I amson, J. C. Kilham, Rev. A. B. Coates, Rev. W. A. Bacon, I. W. Foster, J. R. Pope, Dr. G. A. Iv. I,. Woodbury, C. A. Kurd, E- Giles, Dr. W. H. Swan, Stickney, Dr. W. E. Bongartz, Dr. C. W. Haddock, Dr. H. D. Lambert and a hundred others. P. S. Kindly drop us a postal and our representative will call and explain our system. v
EX C.
CANN Estimates furnished at short notice.
attention Personal given to jobbing. First-class
work
guaranteed.
Shop 124 Rantoul St., Beverly 99
ADVERTISEMENTS
EXPRESS COMPANY. Freight and Express matter forwarded to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore
and
all
principal points.
Leave Beverly o'clock.
Office, for Boston, 8.15, 10
Boston Office. street,
and
2
Freight at 6. 30 o'clock.
76 Kingston
32 and 33 Court square, 105 Arch street.
Main
office
1
5
Devonshire
street.
VICI KID
SHOES
for
SUMMER WEAR is nothing so nice as a good light weight Shoe for weather, and Vici Kid Shoes are light, easy and dura-
There
warm
We have them in colors of CHOCOLATE, GREEN, BROWN, TAN, BLACK. Our prices are always the low-
ble.
'"
CENTRAL SHOE STORE. Commercial Block, BEVERLY, MASS. H. 100
I.
Wilson, Manager.
ADVERTISEMENTS
rnilPU Cannot be I lUuilpRAYMONDS
Tflfl I
UU
for colds.
They
tion of a cold
Thousands
demand
way
is
is
bles,
off
result
is
Pneumonia
have a
to
PELLETS needed.
and the
of these Pellets
in
They
the
pocket,
first
indica-
invariably a cure.
have been used and the
arid
bottle of
of
praise
SIX PELLETS,
should be taken on the
constantly increasing.
ward
to
said in
The most
effective
Lung Trou-
serious
RAYMOND'S SIX and use them
are sold everywhere at
when
25 cents
per
Bottle.
Centennial (Stove, The
finest
PICNIC
GROVE
and
CAMPING GROUND
Massachusetts, magnificent scenery along the shores of Chebacco Lake, an unlimited extent of old primeval pine and in
spruce forest, interspersed with open glades
& smooth
drives.
Dance hall, Shooting gallery, Swings, Dining rooms, etc. The safest of Boats are maintained for the use of visitors. The best of facilities for transportation by the Boston & Maine railroad * a branch of which runs direct to the grove.
Among
For
its
many
particulars
attractions are a Bicycle track,
and terms
apply
to
101
DAVID LOW,
Essex,
Mass,
ADVERTISEMENTS
The best The Largest variety of Cake and Pastry in
the
city.
Payson's St.,
Office cor.
Pond and Rantoul
Streets.
CONTRACTOR. AND White-washing Ceilings a specialty. 102
ADVERTISEMENTS
LEE Undertakers AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS. Carriages and Hearse Furnished. All
work
pertaining to the dead attended to promptly and carefully, day or night.
SI
1
Telephone No.
.,
757-2
BEVERLY
ICE
CO.,
OFFICE
89
PARK STREET,
Mass.
Beverly,
Monthly Rates. 12 Lbs. Daily, per. " " " 16
20 30
" "
" "
li
"
month $1.50 " " "
By
li-75 $2.2$ $3.25
weight.
100 Lbs. one Delivery, 25 cents. 50
25
" " 103
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"
" "
15
10
" "
ADVERTISEMENTS
GEORGE SWAN, ARCHITKCT MASS
BEVERLY,
Bonaventura's Dealer
in
Foreign
French and American Confectionery, Tobacco, Cigars, life
carry none but M
etc.
Aest.
125 Cabot and Cor. Hale and Cabot Sts., Beverly. 104
ADVERTISEMENTS
GRADUATE OF Mount
Allison Conservatory of Music-
LESSONS GIVEN ON Piano,
28
Organ and Harmony.
Atlantic Ave-,
BEVERLY. Good
Large experience.
The best and cheapest
11
\
j
references.
*
yy QOCl
Fbr Fire-places and Air-tight Stoves.
KINDLINGS J.
J
By
the Bushel.
HARRIGAN 3Poot of ^lea.sa.an.t St
Near Murphy's Stable. 105
ADVERTISEMENTS
Massachusetts Mutual
LIFE INSURANCE CO Writes
forms
all
of policies.
Charles %.
GENERAL AGENT, 41 Washington Street,
WM. Contract 5;^
Beverly,
L.
Stitcher
Mass.
WOOD,
of
Boots
and
Shoes,
Pleasant Street, Beverly.
BEVERLY LOAN COMPANY, Money Loaned on Horses, to
remain
in
any good the owners hands.
Mileage Books to
Boston Tickets 55;
WM.
L.
Furniture,
Carriages, or
Pianos,
security.
let.
for sale.
Pleasant Street, Beverly.
WOOD,
Manager. 106
Organs, Property
ADVERTISEMENTS
West Dane
Street, Beverly, Mass. W. M. STEVENS, Prop.
Boarding and Livery Stable. Fine Horses and Modern Equipages.
First-class
Do you Estate.
If
contemplate building or purchasing Real do not fail to investigate this very de-
so,
sirable property.
On Mason Street, North Beverly, finely built cottages of 6, 7 and 8 rooms, with all modern conveniences, for sale for cash or
erty
is
easy payments.
located on the right of
Gloucester Crossing, having
all
Cabot
This prop-
Street, north of
the advantages of fine of the
view and pure air. Electric cars pass the head For terms apply to street every 1 5 minutes.
L. K.
^ BARKER,
or S. H.
^-~
Wenham -
-
,
STONE'S REAL ESTATE AGENCY. 107
t
Depot, ^f-^_f^ >
,
ADVERTISEMENTS
BEVERLY MACHINE WORKS, Contractors, General Machinists, Millwrights.
Machine Jobbers and Repairers,
Nickel Platers, Brass Finishers and Polishers. Rear
61
of Association Factory No.
Rantoul Street, Boston
John
S. Baker,
Office: 13
Manager.
Doane
4,
Beverly, Mass. St., Room 8.
William E. Bailey, Superintendent
o. OTJ:R,:R,I:E], Carpenter,
~
Contractor
26 West Dane
~
and
-
Builder.
Beverly, Mass.
Street,
Plans,
Specifications
and Estimates furnished free.
Jobbing and Repair, ing promptly done.
108
ADVERTISEMENTS
W.
Ik,
*ww*Geacfeer
of piano,
6 H>ane St. Beverly, t
Special attention to beginners
PlCkett
Dealer
in
Tobacco, and
23
all
kinds of Smokers' Articles,
Galoot Street,
B
Opposite Car Station.
Agent for Beverly Custom Laundry. 109
ADVERTISEMENTS
177 Cabot Street cor. Thorndike St.
BEVERLY, MASS. Open Daily from Robert R. Endicott,
8.30
Pres.
a.
m. to 1.30 p. m. Chas. H. Kilham, Treas.
Albert S. Hoogs, Teller.
Committee on investments., Robert R. Endicott, Augustus N. Clark, Samuel George Butman.
J. Foster,
Deposits begin to draw interest on the fourth Wednesdays of January, and October, and may ba withdrawn at any time without previous
April, July
notice.
Dividends payable on the fourth Wednesdays of April and October if not withdrawn.
in
each
year, and placed on interest immediately
Amount
No. of Depositors 6.000
Beverly, Ira.
March
of Deposits
$2,100,000 i,
1897.
A. Smith,
Walter L. Dixon.
flfoacbiniete,
tx>
Particular Shoe Machinery built and repaired. attention given Experimental Work. Duplicate Parts for Reece Button Hole, and other Standard Machines
Pulleys, Hangers, and Shafting, furnished at short notice; also estimates for placing the same.
always on hand.
COR. PARK & PLEASANT STREETS. -BEVERLY, MASS..
no
ADVERTISEMENTS
Beverly National Bank, CAPITAL, $200,000,00 ALBERT PERRY, President
ALLEN H. BENNETT, Cashier
Safe Deposit Boxes to rent,
in fire
and burglar proof
vaults.
Bank Hours: 8.30 A.M.
to
2 P.M.
BEVERLY BURIflL VAULT <*^_T. P.
CO.,
DBER, MAIMAGER._^
Residence Odell Ave., near Cabot. Manufacturers of
ny Orders received G. C.
&
J.
will receive
L.
by telephone at the drug store of Berry, 259 Cabot Street, Beverly
prompt attention.
in
ADVERTISEMENTS
Successor to Philip E. Ober,
PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER OF
PA TENT
CEMENT
Sarcopnagus or Burial Vaults. Also Cement Water Gates & Hydrant Boxes flfeason TJOlorfe
promptly
attenfcefc to.
DRAIN PIPE Furnished and Layed. 17 Union St., Beverly, Mass.
THE Livery,
Hack
and Boarding Pleasant
St.,
near Depot Sq., Beverly, Mass.
Furnished for Funerals, Weddings and Receptions. First-Class Horses Carriages at Depot to meet all trains. and Latest Style Carriages 79 Let at Reasonable Prices. Calls attended to Day or Night. Barges and Large Carriages Furnished for Parties.
J.
R DESMOND,
Telephone 723-2. 112
Prop.
ADVERTISEMENTS Fire, Life, Accident, Plate-Glass, Liability, in fact
kinds of
all
Written
in
and
Largest
Best
STOCK AND MUTUAL COMPANIES At
Tariff Rates.
Dividends of 70 per cent, paid on
5
year policies.
Real Estate Brokers.
Issachar Lefavour
&
Son,
16 Washington St., Cor. Brown, Beverly, Mass. Justice of the Peace.
Mortgages Negotiated.
^^
Dress Cutting By
the
TAYLOR SYSTEM Taught by *
DRESS
-
2
Ttfilton Street, a
,
CLOAK
AND
Seamless
,
Hrnolb.
IE.
Work
-
MAKING.
a Specialty.
Corner Cabot Street, *
.
.
113
.
Beverly,
Ttfass*
ADVERTISEMENTS
Beverly Bowling Ccrner Rantoul and Bow Streets.
The
in the county. There are seven elegant style with a new and brilliant system of Prizes offered week for lights. every highest scoresCome down and roll, when time hangs heavy on your at the hands, Myron Woodbury building.
finest
Bowling Alleys
in all, fitted in
34 Railroad Ave. This book
is
Salem Office 228 Essex
a sample of our work. Street.
114
ADVERTISEMENTS
Samuel H.
<3entlee,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR ^ EMBALMER 29J Cabot
Calls
Street,
answered day or Night
Telephone,
Beverly.
night.
calls,
Butman
18
Street.
702-2.
df rank
E. Xubben,
MILK BEALER Drop
me
36 Dodge
a postal
Street,
and
I
will call.
Beverly, Mass.
ADVERTISEMENTS
A BEVERLY MAN.
New
England's most Noted Healer, challenges the world to exceed his cures. Without the aid of medicine, he cures cases pronounced incurable by the best physicians. No matter if your case has been given up as incurable, go and see him. ^Dr. Dennis possesses a power which can not be explained, but its effect upon diseases can not be denied.
It is
Some
far superior to medicine.
most marvellous cures have been made
of his
in his native city.
Female Diseases a
Room
specialty.
Office 8 1
Washing-
Residence Prospect St., BevHours at Office, from 9 to 4 Wednesday and erly. Saturday.
tori St.,
Salem,
5.
(lark's
TO LET FOR
PARTIES.
TERMS REASONABLE. Accomodations Excellent.
116
ADVERTISEMENTS
Mrs. M. E. Wallis, Regular an& ^ranetent^ JBoatbCtS, First-Class Table Board.
Table Board,
No.
11
V. L. Jobbing in
all its
Railroad Avenue.
Rankin, branches.
Contractor
and
Builder.
Estimates Furnished on application.
Shop and Residence,
Beverly, Mass.
18 Highland Ave., 117
ADVERTISEMENTS Established
Tbe
Telephone Connections.
in 1844.
PicKett Coal Co., (Successor to John Pickett) Dealers in
Coal,
W, Up Ikkihtc
Offices, 15
Water
164 Cabot
cor.
Order Box
Hair.
Street,
Milton
at H. P.
Woodbury's, at Cove.
TERMS, CASH. Burton Avenue leads from Essex to Bisson streets, and is one of the finest Avenues in the City, G. E. & B. electrics pass close by and it is about 6 minutes walk to City Hall, and a few minutes to the Beach, where there is fine Boating and a short row to the This Avenue is considered the healthiest Willows. part of the City, five Cottages already built and sold to good parties, two more being finished and will be For Sale; tht Cottages are well built and have modern conviniences and have six and seven rooms and cellars. Price reasonable and very easy terms. P. S. It is a fact that these Lots are the nearest to the City Hall, that can be purchased for a reasonable Can refer to those I have built. price.
dry
J. H. 71
Essex
A\ORSE,
I
Beverly, /"Vass.
St., nS
ADVERTISEMENTS
CASH PAID FOR FAT CATTLE, VEAL CALVES AND FAT HOGS.
New A\ilcb
<3ows op band for sale.
Particular attention paid to the
Cleaning Out of Vaults, Cesspools, Etc,, By the ODORLESS EXCAVATOR PROCESS.
E. B. may Street, or
For
trie
be
RDWELL.
left at S. A.
Gentlee's, 291 Cab-
Box 1322, Beverly, Mass.
House, stable, Poultry House ana" Kennel,
H
Cabot's
/
,
Sulpijo-Rflpliol
Liquid Cleanliness
For sale by
Whitcomb=Carter
Co.
ADVERTISEMENTS
He much
know
don't
shoeabout making, but if you want to talk about
FISH he can his
tell
you that
market
cheapest
the
is
in
place
Beverly.
Gflfllt E.
,
Fine Baker & Confectioner. Delicious Bread
Cream and
rolls fresh
every
after-
noon.
Weddin g, Birthday,
fancy o
mented
r
and n a
a specialty. Ice Cream, Sherbet and Frozen Pudding delivered to all parts of the city and vicinity. 143 ^CABOT STREET, BBVBRLY, MASS.
120
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cake
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CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 198 Main Stacks
LOAN PERIOD Home Use
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ADVERTISEMENTS
We Sell Shoes, Why! Because
we have
ditions required
succeeded
in
meeting the con-
by the people who buy
shoes,
Up=to=date Styles,
M134664
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THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY A SPECIALTY. Call
and see
us.
Get Samples and Prices.
We
will Satisfy you.
?
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Ensign N. Kendrick,
147 Cabot Street,
Proprietor.
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