Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In the mid- to late nineteenth century, craftsmen carved signs for a wide variety of businesses. These large, easily ...
MARION — Growing up, Rich Foens remembers 13 shoe repair shops within three square blocks of each other in downtown Davenport. His parents' shop, where he learned his trade, was one of them. Now, 71 ...
For the first time in decades, the number of shoe repair shops in Duluth has increased. Now there are two. National observers say shoe repair -- long a declining industry -- has seen a resurgence with ...