Posted on 01/31/2024 12:06:27 PM PST by DallasBiff
Ward Melville, in collaboration with J. Franklin McElwain, a shoe manufacturer from New Hampshire, founded the Thom McAn brand. The name drew inspiration from Scottish golfer Thomas McCann. The inaugural retail store opened its doors in New York in 1922, offering a selection of uncomplicated styles at a fixed, affordable price. Within five years, the brand expanded to 300 stores, and by 1939, it had a staggering 650 stores.
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Very well made and good fitting and can be repaired.
Stop being a dingbat. Reagan opened diplomatic relations, but Clinton opened economic relations, and in a big way.
a six-toed woman?
Keep them in shoe trees and use a good polish.
I did; at least in the 1950s. Maybe even the early 1960s.
I have a pair of Allen Edmonds boots that I’ve been wearing pretty regularly for about 8 years now. I’ve had them resoled once by a local cobbler but the uppers are still in great shape. Not an inexpensive shoe but they’ve been a bargain in terms of cost per wear. Another great American shoemaker that has managed to survive is Alden in Massachusetts.
“My Mom shopped at Sears and Penny’s. I wore Van’s tennis shoes all the time.........”
I wore Jack Purcell’s.
Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush all share something in common: On Inauguration Day, each wore a pair of Allen Edmonds shoes. When President Barack Obama took the oath of office four years ago, he broke the tradition and donned a different brand of footwear.
I watched the show and textile industry completely collapse in this area in a matter of a few short years.
“Such as, Schiff Shoes, Kinney Shoes, Robert Hall clothing stores, dime stores such as JJ Newberry and Woolworth’s and Kresge.”
Yeah, I remember Kinney Shoes, Robert Hall, JJ Newberry and Woolworth’s.
We had Lansburgh’s, too; and Garfinckel’s - great old stores.
Now everything is boring...
Adidas, Stan Smith :)
You make a good point: Online shopping is kicking butt over brick and mortar stores.
Companies are in business to make a profit. No profits, no business, no employees, no shareholders; no company.
Me. In the 70's we got our shoes from Caldor.
I bought a pair of Florsheim dress shoes when I got one of my first paychecks after college. Cordovan wing tips. I still have them in the closet.
I know they still make some in the USA and some in China after going bankrupt in the 1990s.
Do not know what those are,,,,,,,,,
There’s something to be said for quality of design, materials, workmanship.
I buy far less now than I did in the past, because everything is so cheap and boring.
All of our malls had a Thom McAn’s.
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And that is why there are no more Thom McAn’s.
They died out with the malls.
I was in high school when Adidas started to make a mark. I wore Adidas for track and Adidas or Rydell for football. For everyday wear I wore Jack Purcell’s.
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