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...
Rita Morin worked in the shoe department. She discusses her childhood with 8 siblings and her transition to working in a shoe factory. She also describes the jobs in the mills that her family had and the community in her department.
Leo Levesque was a weaver in the textile mills. He discusses worker discontent and community events. He also talks about his family’s work in the mills.
Ralph Gould was a shoe worker and business owner. He discusses the story of his father’s company, Gould and Scammon Incorporated, and the challenges they faced. He then discusses taking over his father’s company and their attempts to face a dwindling...