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The first shoes ever made were in Mesopotamia 1600-1200
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Native Americans wore moccasins.
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As late as 1850 most shoes were made by straight lasts
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shoes were made like the ones in Egyption used in the 14th century B.C.
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Payless was a self-service shoe chains began in US.
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Lyman Blake a shoemaker made a machine for sewing the soles of shoes
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John A. Frye (d.1911), a shoemaker from England, made a Frye Boot company in the US
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Charles Goodyear made a machine for sewing shoes.
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a machine was made for making a different type of shoe was developed
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The US had under 30 different brand names for shoes.
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The first rubber heal was made
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The first Sneaker was made.
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In 1845 the Rolling Machine was made
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The first Sport Sandal was made.
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Plimsolls were made and sold in the US in the late 1800s
