Colchester Rubber Co Sneakers

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Colchester rubber co sneakers. The label with a worldwide reputation for being the first known sneaker brand and the inventor of the basketball sneaker colchester rubber co. Irving watkinson was a busy man as he also kept the colchester town weather station and was the proverbial man about town raising show dogs and horses while selling bicycles for the columbia brand and being. Featuring a collection of high and low top footwear silhouettes of footwear this season expect to find a collection that pays homage to the original. The colchester rubber company factory or rubber works at colchester were co managed by george watkinson and his son irving watkinson.

These shoes were forgotten about for over 100 years until 2004 when a surviving pair of the basketball sneakers were discovered at an estate sale in california. Another popular rubber manufacturer during this time was of course the colchester rubber co. The real story of colchester rubber company stems from 1892 when the creator of basketball dr james naismith approached colchesters to design a shoe made specifically for basketball. 1888 1892 was a good year for colchester.

Wear a pair of history today with the ultimate vintage basketball sneaker. Shop colchester rubber co s classic high top and low top sneaker styles. Is a brand that has had it s place firmly cemented within us history since it was founded in 1892. World s 1st basketball sneaker 1892.

These shoes are faithful replicas of the one of the first basketball sneakers invented in 1892 with the same 5 high top design canvas uppers turkey feather sole pattern and colchester rubber co. World s first basketball sneaker originally designed in 1892. Was well known for their athletic footwear creating baseball bicycling and lawn tennis shoes. These shoes are faithful replicas of the first basketball sneakers invented in 1892 that were rediscovered in 2004 at an estate sale in vista calif with the same 5 high top design brown canvas uppers turkey feather sole pattern and colchester rubber co.

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