Lithgow Public Library will host “Manufacturing Augusta: The Augusta Shoe Shops” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, at the library at 45 Winthrop St., Augusta.

Jan Michaud, founder of the Heritage Center at Mill Park, will share video interviews and will conclude the evening with a question-and-answer session, according to a news release from the library.

This is the fourth in a series of presentations on local manufacturing history by the Heritage Center at Mill Park. Those who attend can learn about the local history of industrial Augusta in this event spotlighting Augusta’s shoe manufacturing, featuring videos of interviews with workers at the E.E. Taylor Shoe Company and the R.P. Hazzard Shoe Company.

The event is free.

For more information, call the library at 626-2415 or visit lithgowlibrary.org.

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