September 17, 2023

PHOTOS: Heart and sole: Lewiston store proprietor keeps leather items in good repair

Lewiston store proprietor keeps shoes, boots and other leather items in good repair

Owner of The Sole Provider Tony Humphreys uses a sewing machine to repair a boot inside the store on Thursday, August 31, 2023, in Lewiston. Humphreys has owned the store for over ten years after buying it from the previous owner.Jordan Opp/Tribune

An array of different sized and shaped shoe stretchers hang on a wall inside the shoe repair shop The Sole Provider on Thursday, August 31, 2023, in Lewiston.Jordan Opp/Tribune

Tony Humphreys works on putting a new sole on a pair of cowboy boots inside his shoe repair store The Sole Provider located on Thain Road on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, in Lewiston.Jordan Opp/Tribune

Stacks of different sole sizes sit on a shelf inside the shoe repair shop The Sole Provider on Thursday, August 31, 2023, in Lewiston.Jordan Opp/Tribune

Owner of The Sole Provider Tony Humphreys shaves off extra material after attaching a new sole to a cowboy boot inside the store on Thursday, August 31, 2023, in Lewiston.Jordan Opp/Tribune

Owner of The Sole Provider Tony Humphreys uses a sewing machine to repair a boot inside the store on Thursday, August 31, 2023, in Lewiston.Jordan Opp/Tribune

Various cans of shoe polishes and creams sit on a shelf inside the shoe repair shop The Sole Provider on Thursday, August 31, 2023, in Lewiston.Jordan Opp/Tribune

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