This document traces four generations of a family in Marlborough, Massachusetts and how the town has changed over time. It describes how Marlborough was once known for its shoe manufacturing industry in the early 1900s when the author's great-grandmother lived there. However, most of those shoe companies are now gone and the town is filled with technology businesses. The document proposes creating an Instagram account called "Marlborough: Then and Now" to showcase pictures comparing places in Marlborough from the past to the present day in order to engage younger generations.

1. A WALK THROUGH
GENERATIONS
MARLBOROUGH, MA: THEN AND NOW
BY JILLIAN GOELLNER

2. GENERATION TO GENERATION
• Great Grandmother
• Dorothy Medill: 1913-1984
• Grandmother
• Susan Medill: 1946-Present
• Daughter of Dorothy Medill
• Father
• Michael Goellner: 1968-Present
• Son of Susan Medill
• Myself
• Jillian Goellner: 1996- Present
• Daughter of Michael Goellner

3. SHOE INDUSTRY
• When my great grandmother was born,
Marlborough was known for it’s shoe
manufacturing.
• Shoe companies filled Marlborough’s streets for
many years

4. CHANGES ON MAIN STREET
Two significant buildings
that were neither taken
over nor destroyed were
the Walker Building and City
Hall.
Most of the businesses that
filled Main Street in the early
1900s were taken over by
the new businesses seen on
Main Street today.

5. CHANGES IN MARLBOROUGH HIGH
What is known now as the
Walker Building used to be
Marlborough High School.
Growing up, my great
grandmother attended High
School in the Walker
building. Now, I attend High
School at this Marlborough
High School on Bolton Street.

6. CHANGES IN BUSINESS AND LAND
• Marlborough may have been known for it’s shoe
manufacturing specifically, but Marlborough still owned
land for farming.
• Shoe manufacturing companies resided on Marlborough’s
Main Street or on streets that were near Main Street.
• Now, the farm land in Marlborough is miniscule.
Marlborough is now filled with businesses. Looking
around Marlborough, that all you see.
• TJX companies, Raytheon, Boston Scientific, and many
other businesses have resided in Marlborough.
• Marlborough’s easy highways access and central city for many
makes it a great business city.

7. DIFFERENCE IN TIMES
Dorothy Medill
Jillian Goellner
• High School:?
• Jobs as a student:?
• Marlborough was filled with
shoe manufacturing
companies
• Percentage of shoe companies
thriving in Marlborough:?
• Percentage of technology
businesses thriving in
Marlborough:?
• High School: Marlborough High
• Jobs: Trombetta’s Creamery,
Tjmaxx
• The Rockport Company still
exists but is now a store and not
a manufacturer.
• Only shoe company that still
exists in Marlborough is The
Rockport Company
• Percentage of shoe companies
thriving in Marlborough: ?
• Percentage of technology
businesses thriving in
Marlborough:?

8. NOW IT’S TIME TO REACH OUT
• The new generation of Marlborough is filled with
technology.
• Cell phones with apps such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
and Pinterest attract the eyes of this generation
• A new way to interest this generation of
Marlborough is through an Instagram account
called “Marlborough: Then and Now”
• This page will be filled with comparison pictures of certain
places in Marlborough then and Marlborough now.
• The page will accept requests via email for specific places
to see the comparison of then and now.