Shoelace Factory April 25, 2010
701 N 15th St
St Louis, Missouri 63103
St Louis, Missouri 63103
Check out City Museum's collection of vintage (working) shoelace machines from the St. Louis-based Alox Manufacturing Company. Some of the machines now in service were last used to make bootstraps for US soldiers during WW2. Today, they weave brightly-colored laces for lanyards, flashlight holders and (of course) shoes. Check out the gift shop and bring home a piece of history.
Added by Upcoming Robot on March 7, 2010
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Grant Neufeld
His website: http://www.craphound.com/
He's a major contributor to Boing Boing, too: http://boingboing.net/
dykstranet
Harvard's link to the event.
Who is Cory Dotorow?