Needles (3) and Nails (4) for Shoemaking [1930s-1960s]
Utilitarian Object
Identifier:
OBJ.N.2022.15
Description
Three needles with large eyes and four tiny, tack-like nails used in handmaking leather shoes. These were part of the estate of Edward Joseph "Bidou" Le Bretton Sr. and Lillian "Cite" LeBretton, who were a maintenance supervisor and hand stitcher for Old Town Shoe, respectively. A workshop of the Penobscot Shoe Company, Old Town Shoe operated in what is today River House on Main Street until the 1960s. The building was renovated in 1980 for its current residential purpose.