The manufacturing facility of L.L. Bean Boots in Brunswick. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer

L.L. Bean employee Mary Goyette top-stitches a pair of Bean Boots which were sent in to be re-soled. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer

Yasmin Abdille places a L.L. Bean logo onto the back of the boots. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer

The shapes for the leather components of L.L Bean Boots are hung in their manufacturing facility. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer

Pat Derocher operates a laser cutting machine to cut out the leather components for L.L. Bean Boots. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer

Raw leather and fur materials for the manufacture of L.L, Bean Boots at their manufacturing facility in Brunswick. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer

L.L. Bean Boots after their rubber soles were top-stitched to the leather. Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer