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STARTED OUT IN THE EARLY 1900’S MANUFACTURING RUBBER GALOSHES AND FROM THAT HUMBLE BEGINNING STARTED TO USE THEIR RUBBER TO MAKE SNEAKERS. IN 1920, THE CANVAS ‘ALL STAR’ BASKETBALL SHOE WAS INVENTED, WHICH EVENTUALLY BECAME THE ‘CHUCK TAYLOR ALL STAR’ NAMED FOR ONE OF THEIR SALESMAN AND EX-BASKETBALL PLAYER. OTHER FRANCHISE SHOES THE ‘JACK PURCELL’, NAMED FOR A FAMOUS BADMINTON PLAYER. THOSE TWO SHOES HELPED MAKE CONVERSE THE SHOE POWERHOUSE THAT IT IS TODAY AND GARNERED IT’S HUGE FOLLOWING IN THE SPORTS AND ROCK AND ROLL WORLD.
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