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Leather spraying

28 July 1962

Dennis Truscott operating a leather spraying machine.

Shoe designer, Ken Holt

6 August 1962

Ken Holt with shoes he has designed. Ken is one of the youngest ...

Injection Moulders Ltd machine

4 April 1966

A man operates a new Injection Moulders Ltd machine at the ...

Lion Boot Repairs, Oxford Terrace

21 March 1987

John, Glenn and Zane Gray repairing running shoes in the ...

Superstore Dowsons Shoes on Ferry Road

11 January 1988

Exterior of the Superstore Dowsons Shoes store at 455-457 Ferry ...

Murray and Eleri Begg

19 May 1989

Murray Begg and his wife Eleri of the Last Footwear Company.

Murray Begg, shoe designer

14 April 1989

Shoe designer and manufacturer, Murray Begg.

The Marathon Rubber Footwear factory

14 October 1968

Machinists assembling shoes at the Marathon Rubber Footwear ...

Garden City Shoes

28 February 1973

Exterior of the newly opened premises of Garden City Shoes on ...

The M. O'Brien and Company factory

1 October 1966

Exterior of the M. O'Brien and Company footwear factory at 31 ...

High altitude boots

17 October 1962

Close-up of a pair of high altitude boots identical to those ...

Dunlop plant, Woolston

17 April 1980

Marketing manager V. Buxton (left) and manager Ray Kelly at the ...

Shoe manufacturing

20 August 1980

An automatic combination back part moulding and seat lasting ...

Fred Marett of Suckling Industries

21 November 1984

Fred Marett of Suckling Industries with examples of shoes.

Ron Winder, Suckling Bros Ltd employee

28 April 1987

Ron Winder with shoes produced for Suckling Bros Ltd.

Computerised stitching at Vinnell Shoes

14 April 1989

Salesman Noel McGregor with a computerised stitching machine at ...

M. O'Brien and Company, 31 Dundas Street

31 March 1965

Exterior of the M. O'Brien and Company footwear factory at 31 ...

Duckworth and Turner shoe factory employees

3 June 1981

Kathleen Mitchell with a photograph of Duckworth and Turner shoe ...

Former staff members of Duckworth and Turner shoe factory

21 October 1987

Trevor MacFarlane, Noeline Bruce (nee Grenfell), Joyce Agnew ...

Hoon Hay cubs promotional shoe shine service

6 July 1988

Hoon Hay cubs holding shoes to promote the free shoe shining ...

The Merrie-Midgets puppet show performing Wooden Shoes and Happy Hearts

1960s

The Merrie-Midgets were a puppet show hand-crafted, built and ...

Bishopdale Village Mall on a sunny day

11 September 2017

View within Bishopdale Village Mall on a sunny day looking ...

Mascot for the local shoe shop, Bishopdale

4 May 2017

A model cow, the quirky mascot for a local shoe shop, has a ...

Rochelle of Bishopdale Shoes

15 September 2017

Rochelle of Bishopdale Shoes stood inside the store with shoe ...

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