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NATICK, MA
HENRY WILSON'S COBBLER SHOP
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HENRY WILSON
20 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
LEARNED TO MAKE SHOES
WAS KNOWN AS THE NATICA COBBLER
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HENRY WILSON'S SHOE SHOP
Natick, Massachusetts
Henry Wilson (1812-1875) who became the 20th Vice-president of the
United States under U.S. Grant, operated a simple cobbler's shop
near his home in Natick. The shop is emblematic of the town's
leading industry around the turn of the century.
Photo by Jonathan J. Klein
April 30-
241.1988
Published by Klein Post Card Service, 16 Harvard Ave., Hyde Park, MA 02136
Klein Card
J13570
K-230