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A MANUAL OF SHOEMAKING




[Illustration: An Old-Fashioned Shoemaker. _Frontispiece._]




                                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

                           _Copyright, 1912_,
                     BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

                         _All rights reserved._

                       Published, September, 1912.




PREFACE


The author was asked in 1908 by the Lynn Commission on Industrial
Education to make an investigation of European shoe schools and to assist
the Commission in preparing a course of study for the proposed shoe
school in the city of Lynn. A close investigation showed that there were
several textbooks on shoemaking published in Europe, but that no general
textbook on shoemaking had been issued in this country adapted to meet
the needs of industrial, trade, and commercial schools or those who have
just entered the rubber, shoe, and leather trades. This book is written
to meet this need. Others may find it of interest.

The author is under obligations to the following persons and firms for
information and assistance in preparing the book, and for permission
to reproduce photographs and information from their publications: Mr.
J. H. Finn, Mr. Frank L. West, Head of Shoemaking Department, Tuskegee,
Ala., Mr. Louis Fleming, Mr. F. Garrison, President of _Shoe and Leather
Gazette_, Mr. Arthur L.