Jim Wellehan and his family have deep ties to the shoe industries located across Lewiston-Auburn. His family operates Lamey-Wellehan Shoes with locations across the state, and the company got their start in 1914 when his dad opened the first store with Charley...
Roy and Mary Tassinari have been involved in the shoe industry for a very long time, even their parents worked in various shoe mills both in Maine and in Massachusetts.They share a lot about the process of shoemaking, going over everything from wooden heels, shoe...
The owner of Pamco, Maurice “Moe” Cote worked at the shoe machine part facility with his father Paul Cote. Both of his parents worked in the shoe industry, his mom worked at one of the shoe factories as a stitcher and his father was a carpenter who worked...
Dot McAtee works for the Maine Heritage Weavers today after working for Bates Mill for about 20 years. Dot worked first in the shoe industry at the age of 16 working part-time with her mother who worked making heels. Starting in 78′, she worked at the Bates Mill...
Neil Hanley was an engineer at Falcon Shoe, his father and Ted Johanson’s company. He talks about his perspective on the industry as the son of a shoe factory owner and his family’s jobs in the company. He also discusses the changes in Lewiston and how...
