All posts tagged "shoes"
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2.2KBusiness and LaborThe First Shopping Mall in Each New England State
In 1947, New England’s first shopping mall broke ground in Stamford, Conn. No one knew for sure whether it would even survive....
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3.4K1Rhode IslandThe Civilian Conservation Corps, a Young Man’s Adventure
During the depths of the Great Depression, a 17-year-old boy from Warren, R.I., enlisted in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He did it...
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4.3KMassachusettsIn 1640, More Puritans Left New England Than Arrived
The year 1620 is well known as the date the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth, but 1640 is less well-known as the year...
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4.9KMassachusettsJohn Adams Gets Into Harvard, Barely
As a terrified applicant to Harvard, 15-year-old John Adams showed few signs of becoming a Founding Father, diplomat, statesman and president of...
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1.4KNew HampshireThe Miraculous Rescue of Dorothy Sparks in 1942
On July 20, 1942, Dorothy Sparks went for a cookout with friends in New Hampshire's White Mountains. The plan was to grill...
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3.0KMassachusettsThe Great India Rubber Panic Launches Charles Goodyear on a Crusade
In 1833, American consumers began clamoring for exciting new products made in Massachusetts: waterproof clothing and footwear made from South American rubber....
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45.0K11MassachusettsHow Scottish POWS Were Sold as Slave Labor in New England
As many as 400 Scottish POWS captured in the Battles of Worcester and Dunbar were shipped to New England in the 1650s...
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5.0K2Rhode IslandDanny Walsh – the Last Rhode Island Irish Gangster – Disappears
Before the Italian American community (much to the chagrin of many) was branded as the poster boys for organized crime, Irish Americans...
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4.6KMassachusettsPhilip Ashton Escapes Pirates and Miraculously Survives on a Deserted Island
Philip Ashton, a 19-year-old fisherman, escaped captivity by the vicious pirate Edward Low on a remote Caribbean island. For 16 months he...
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4.7KMassachusettsThe 1905 Brockton Shoe Factory Disaster Shakes the Nation
In March of 1905, with spring weather coming, the operators of the R. B. Grover & Co. Shoe Factory in Brockton, Mass....