#FlashbackFriday with the Historical Society: Nunn-Bush Shoe Co.

It’s time again for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society!

Pictured here in this October 1946 snapshot is Vivian Henderson (1928-2016), a lifelong Whitewater area resident. She worked for the Whitewater Division of the Nunn-Bush Shoe Factory of Edgerton. The Whitewater factory was located in part of one of the Whitewater Manufacturing Company’s buildings on Whitewater Street between 1946-1958.
Join us next week for more from the Whitewater Historical Society collections!
(3048P, Whitewater Historical Society)

The Whitewater Historical Society collects, preserves, and interprets the history of Whitewater and the surrounding area. Be sure to join us next week for more from the Society’s collections. Please “like” us on Facebook, and check out our website at whitewaterhistoricalsociety.org!​ 

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