hamburg boot

hamburg The importers did a steady trade with Hamburg in the four "Bs", bricks, bread, boots and butter, and the Hamburg boot was in such popular demand that it took years of Boston import and local factory production to drive it off the market. An old fisherman once said to me, in praise...

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Summary:hamburg The importers did a steady trade with Hamburg in the four "Bs", bricks, bread, boots and butter, and the Hamburg boot was in such popular demand that it took years of Boston import and local factory production to drive it off the market. An old fisherman once said to me, in praise of the Hamburg boot: "We never claimed 'em to be waterproof, but I tell you, me son, they 'obliged' the foot of men in every other way." SEP 1974 G. M. Story JH SEP 1974 Used I and Sup Used I Used I