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LANTZKY-ALLEN SHOE COMPANY
LANTZKY-ALLEN SHOE COMPANY. Established in 1901, the business focused on the manufacture of men's, boy's and youth work shoes and sporting boots in different heights in waterproof leathers. The company estimated that it made fifty different sorts of shoes.
The company was also a jobber for Hood Rubber Company, the largest manufacturers of storm rubbers in the Unites States. Old Colony rubbers and arctics and rubber-soled tennis shoes were the specialty of the company.
Lantzky-Allen was also the distributor for Shawmut auto tires and tubes manufactured by the Shawmut Tire Company.
The company used the following cards to correspond with their customers. We wish to thank Ms. Rachel Harpham for these pictures. The reverse (first card) is the same for each of the cards.
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Source:
"Dubuque's Three Big Shoe Factories Supply Footware to Vast Territory." Telegraph Herald, February 9, 1910