Record 248/784 Catalog Record The Postcard Collection Exhibit Page Home Search Image 1 of 2 Description  Color Postcard, "Longs Shoe Factory, Framingham, Mass.", with railroad cars and tracks in the foreground Published by Bates & Holdsworth This is one of Richard Long's industries in the Waverley St.-Fountain St. area. The five-story concrete building, 500 feet long, was dedicated in 1910. It still exists.Long manufactured shoe machinery, needles, boots, shoes and (for the military in World War I) leather and canvas goods. Later Long assembled his Bay State automobiles there.

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