Old Photograph Shoemakers Paisley Scotland

Old photograph of shoemakers in Paisley, Scotland. Shoemaking is the process of making footwear. Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand. Traditional handicraft shoemaking has now been largely superseded by the volume of shoes produced by industrial mass production of footwear, but not necessarily in quality, attention to detail, or craftsmanship. Shoemakers or cordwainers, cobblers being those who repaired shoes, produced a range of footwear items, including shoes, boots, sandals, clogs and moccasins. Such items were generally made of leather.



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