In addition, the author desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to the great body of foreign literature on the different subjects from which information has been obtained.

CONTENTS

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Preface[v]
CHAPTER
I.Fundamental Shoe Terms[1]
II.Hides and their Treatment[4]
III.Processes of Tanning[21]
IV.The Anatomy of the Foot[77]
V.How Shoe Styles are Made[93]
VI.Departments of a Shoe Factory[103]
VII.McKay and Turned Shoes[144]
VIII.Old-fashioned Shoemaking and Repairing[162]
IX.Leather and Shoemaking Terms[177]
X.Leather Products Manufacture[218]
XI.Rubber Shoe Manufacture and Terms[228]
XII.History of Footwear[250]
Index[281]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

An Old-fashioned Shoemaker[Frontispiece]
Facing Page
Names of the Different Parts of Foot Wear[2]
Green-salted Calfskin[12]
Tanning Process[24]
Tanning Process, showing Rotating Drums[28]
Sole Leather Offal[34]
Bones and Joints of the Human Foot[78]
The Different Parts of the Foot and Ankle[78]
A Last in Three Stages of Manufacture[98]
A Modern Shoe Factory[104]
A Skin Divided before Cutting[112]
Cutting Leather[116]
Goodyear Stitching[116]
Stock Fitting Room[120]
Lasting[124]
Welting[124]
Rough Rounding[128]
Edge Trimming[128]
Leveling[132]
Heeling[132]
Sole Scouring[136]
Heel Shaping[136]
Ironing[140]
Packing[140]
Cross Sections of Welt Shoe and McKay Sewed Shoe[144]
Stitching[148]
Tacking[148]
Cross Section of Standard Screwed Shoe[160]
Side of Leather divided as to Quality[168]
Cross Section of McKay Sewed Shoe[200]
Cross Section of Goodyear Welt Shoe[200]
Crude Rubber[228]
Washing and Drying[232]
Calender Room[234]
Cutting Room[236]
Putting together the Parts of a Rubber Shoe[240]
Heel-making Department[242]
Parts of a Rubber Boot[248]
Insole for Hand-sewed Shoe[264]
Hand-sewed Shoe[264]
Stitching Room of a German Shoe Factory[276]