November 2010

Frank Boland
November 11, 2010

In 1930 the global headquarters of Boston-based United Shoe Machinery Corporation was an international colossus.  The “Shoe,” as it was affectionately called by Bostonians, was the largest manufacturer of shoe machinery in the world.  USM did business in over 50 countries and was truly an international monopoly.  The headquarters dwarfed...

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