Address: Cardinal Shoe Corporation, 468 Canal St., Lawrence, MA 01840
Phone: (978) 686-9706
Date of Birth: February 21, 1944
Occupation: C.E.O. Cardinal Shoe Corporation
Ethnic Background: Jewish
Interviewer: Joan Kelley
Summary: Cardinal Shoe Corporation was founded by the narrator's father and brother-in-law. They began in Lawrence when they acquired a bankrupt shoe company in Lawrence. After being in the Everett Mills building, they acquired and rehabilitated a building on Canal St., where they are now located. With the decline in the local shoe industry, as manufacturing moved to Brazil and China, the company is making the top-of-the line Gaynor Minden pointe (ballet) shoe and dance paws for barefoot dancing. At one point, Lawrence surpassed Haverhill in shoe production. Samples of the products in the LHC Collection.
Collection
Lawrence History Center Oral History Collection
https://lawrencehistorycenter.org/files/audio/oh/2007.500.043-rbass.mp3
Date (created)
2004-12-20