Summary Information

Title: LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. Records
Date: 1897-1997

Creator:

• LaCrosse (Firm).

Unique Identifier: MSS 078

Quantity: 27.3 cubic feet

Physical Description: 26 archives boxes, 1 large flat box, 65 volumes

Repository:

La Crosse Public Library

Archival Location:

La Crosse Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Originating in La Crosse, Wisconsin, as the La Crosse Rubber Mills Company, Inc., the enterprise began in 1897 manufacturing rubber horseshoes and then rubber-coated fabrics and raincoats until 1906 when the switch to rubber footwear was made.

Renamed LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. in 1986, the company designs, manufactures, and markets premium quality rubber, leather and vinyl footwear for sporting, recreational and occupational markets. Operations were consolidated and manufacturing was relocated from La Crosse, Wis., to Portland, Oregon, in 2001.

Records include newspaper articles, catalogs (1909-1996) of shoes and boots produced by the company, financial records (1897-1956), patents and trademarks, photographic images and shoe samples.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.lcpl-mss078