【ROBLEE】 VINTAGE AD 1939 - 1950

ROBLEE  TREADEMARK  10/31/1939

Caleres Inc. is an American footwear company that owns and operates a variety of footwear brands. Its headquarters is located in Clayton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.[4][5] Founded in 1878 as Bryan, Brown & Company in St. Louis and undergoing several name changes,[6] for a time, the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company was the largest manufacturer of shoes in America. It went bankrupt in June 1939.

1930s: Great Depression and bankruptcy
During the Great Depression of the 1930s the company struggled to keep costs down, and workers' wages dropped, with a government investigation finding that workers at one plant were paid as little as "$2.50 and $3.00 for a 60-hour week." During this time the company also remained fiercely anti-union, even closing a plant in Vinceness, Indiana in 1933 when the workers there held a strike for recognition. The company also reportedly used physical intimidation against union organizers, hiring a strike-breaking agency and infiltrating the unions themselves.[11] The Illinois Federation of Labor forced a grand-jury investigation into Brown in 1935, after a union representative was almost tarred and feathered. There were no resultant indictments, although the Regional Labor Board in St. Louis did later issue a complaint, where they cited Brown for intimidation of employees using agents and officers, and unfair labor practices. The subsequent hearing revealed that John A. Bush had hired the A.A. Ahner detective agency in 1934, an agency known for strike-breaking.[11] In 1936, Brown was cited by the National Labor Relations Board for violating the Wagner Act over the company dissolving the Salem local union, but Brown would not reinstate workers fired for union activity. The Fair Labor Standard Act of 1938 mandated that the remaining Brown workers received higher wages.

The company went bankrupt in June 1939, after a failure to raise fresh capital for a reorganization. Stock of the company was suspended on the St. Louis Stock Exchange on June 23, 1939. The last transaction saw shares sold for 20 cents each, after a peak when its stock sold for up to $60 a share.

Boot and shoe recorder v. 57 (Aug.-Sept. 1910).

1878年にセントルイスにある Bryan, Brown & Company として設立され、しばらく名前が変更されました。Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company はアメリカ最大の靴メーカーでした。 1939年6月に破産しました。

1939

Roblee Shoes Brown Shoe Company 1939 Vintage Print Ad The Saturday Evening Post 1939-04-08

1939 U.S. Magazine Roblee Shoes Advert

The Saturday Evening Post 1939-05-27

The Saturday Evening Post 1939-09-09

The Saturday Evening Post 1939-11-18

1940

1940s-1960s: Push into retail
Opening a plant in Dyer, Tennessee in 1941, Brown began moving south for production, where it was traditionally non-Union.[11] In the 1940s, Brown's third president Clark Gamble began pushing the company into retailing. Becoming president in 1948 after John Bush, Gamble in 1950 initiated a merger with Wohl Shoes, which wholesaled mostly women's shoes in 2,500 stores in North America and Cuba.

The Saturday Evening Post 1940-03-16

The Saturday Evening Post 1940-04-06

The Saturday Evening Post 1940-09-14

1941

1941 Roblee Mens Shoes Easter Fashion Two Tone Brogue Vintage Magazine Print Ad

1941 Roblee Shoes for Men Original Vintage Advertisement with 5 Different Styles

1942

1942 Vintage ad for Roblee Shoe~WWII era/Naval War Ship/Ocean (102713)

1942 Alaskan King Brown Bear art Roblee Mens Kodiak Brown Shoes vintage print ad

1942 Roblee Huskies Shoes For Men Print Ad Advertisement Dogs in Snow

1942 Roblee Men's Shoes Feather Weight Cock Fight Vintage Print Ad

1942 Original Print Ad Roblee Shoes For Men Moose Painting Offer Brown Shoe Co

Eaton Rapids MI Journal 1942 May-Feb 1945

1943

1943 ROBLEE Shoes Over There Over Here vintage Boots Combat

LIFE  1943-10-11

1943 Roblee Shoes Naval Officer WW2 Navy Art Vintage Print Ad Retro Decor Large!

1943 AD for ROBLEE Military Type Men's Shoes Original Paper Ephemera Authentic Vintage Print Magazine Ad/Article

Rome NY Daily Sentinel 1943

Rome NY Daily Sentinel 1943 

Rochester NY Tenth Ward Courier 1943

1944

1944 Vintage Print Ad 40's ROBLEE shoes men foot fashion geese art illustration

1944 ROBLEE Shoes for Men Vintage Artwork Makers Brown

1944 ROBLEE Shoes for Men Vintage Fashion

1944 ROBLEE Name on the Shoe Oldest Name in Shoes Vintage

1944 Vintage ad for Roblee Shoes for Men`Art WWII era Hoff (110617)

1944 Otto Soglow cartoon art Roblee men's shoes vintage print ad

LIFE  1944-04-24

Buffalo NY Evening News 1944 

1945

1945 ROBLEE Fashion Shoes for Men Vintage Artwork

1945 Roblee Shoes for Men

1945 Vintage Print Ad ROBLEE shoes men's foot fashion style royal scots

1945 U.S. Magazine Roblee Shoes Advert

1945 Roblee Shoes Vintage Advertisement Bedroom Wall Art Mens Fashion Man Cave Decor Original Magazine Print Ad 1940s Fashion 40s Style

1945 ROBLEE SHOES ARMY SERVICE BOOTS SOLDIER, WING TIP BLACK VINTAGE AD

1945 ROBLEE PINTOS TWO-TONED LEATHER MEN'S SHOES BROWN SHOE CO. AD PRINT

Corning NY Evening Leader 1945

1946

1946 ROBLEE Red Maple Shoes for Men Fashion 1940s Vintage Art

1946 "ROBLEE SHOES" RELAX IN HAMMOCK VINTAGE ART PRINT AD

1946 Roblee Shoes Ad During College make a friend of Roblee

1946 Old Magazine Print Ad Roblee Mens Shoes Football

Buffalo NY Evening News 1946

1947

1947 Roblee Shoes for Men: Style Roundup Vintage Print Ad

1947 Roblee Two-Tones Men’s Shoes by Brown Shoe Company Original Vintage Advertisement with 3 Different Styles

Here’s another ad for upscale brogues, from the November 3, 1947 issue of LIFE:

1948

1948 Roblee Mens Shoes Vintage PRINT AD Summer Tones Classy Man Illustration 40s

1948 Vintage Print Ad 1940s ROBLEE Shoes Foot Fashion Men's Style

Roblee Shoes, 40's Print ad. Full Page Color Illustration (summer-tones - shoes for men) Original Vintage 1948 Life Magazine Print Art

Philadelphia PA Inquirer 1948

Philadelphia PA Inquirer 1948

Philadelphia PA Inquirer 1948

Philadelphia PA Inquirer 1948

1949

Follies of the Madmen #399 1949

Philadelphia PA Inquirer 1949 

1950

LIFE 1950-09-25