Douglass Shoe Factory
Bring a little Marlborough home.
Slate Desk Plaque · 11 × 7 inches
Between opening a book and making a few notes, a small display can give the eye somewhere else to go. The Douglass shoe factory's roof tower and loading platform rise above workers and freight, giving Marlborough's manufacturing scene practical details to notice.
A circa-1910 postcard shows the Douglass shoe factory on Howe Street in Marlborough. Its roof tower, loading platform, workers and horse-drawn freight place the factory within a working neighborhood. The source records local manufacturing; it does not establish that the building used Assabet waterpower.
The factory belongs to Howe Street's working setting, keeping Marlborough's shoe manufacturing attached to a particular building and the activity around it. Keep the plaque on the desk where its picture can be noticed between a page of work and the next task.
$35.20
- Selected option
- 7" x 11"
- SKU
- FH-BULK-AVG-AVA-B2-032-5344-243923-COLOR-R1
Add a local view to your desk
Historical sources
Source credit and attribution
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shoe_Factory,_Howe_Street,_Marlborough,_MA.jpg
About the artwork
Product details and care
Size/capacity: 11 × 7 inches
Care: Handle carefully; wipe gently with a soft, dry cloth. Indoor use.
Supplier specifications: https://printify.com/app/products/5344/generic-brand/slate-desk-plaque
Original product information and credits
Douglass Shoe Factory
7 × 11 in Slate Desk Plaque
AI-assisted controlled-color interpretation. Original source unchanged. Fine detail and color are interpretive. No institutional endorsement.
Source: Frank W. Swallow, Exeter, NH; unknown photographer; Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shoe_Factory,_Howe_Street,_Marlborough,_MA.jpg.
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