1900’s

Shoe Manufacturing in the Early 20th Century – What Tom Does When He’s Not “At the Movies”

The character, Tom Wingfield. in The Glass Menagerie (portrayed by Kevin Young) looks distressed because of the duties he is bound to serve for his family. Tom Wingfield is a worker at a shoe manufacturing company and is fired for writing a poem on the top of a shoebox. Keep reading to learn about the shoe […]