File 25 - The rubber footwear industry.

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

The rubber footwear industry.

Level of description

File

Reference code

SCA173-GA300-25

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

Archival description area

Name of creator

(1907-2000)

Administrative history

Kaufman Footwear was founded as Kaufman Rubber Co. in Berlin, Ontario (now Kitchener) in 1907 by Jacob Ratz Kaufman. The plant opened in 1908 with 350 employees and produced rubber footwear for both domestic and foreign markets. After Jacob Kaufman's ... »

Scope and content

File consists of one (typed, 11 pp.) history of the rubber industry and rubber manufacturing at Kaufman. Prepared by C.W. Fowler and W.H. Bechtel.

Notes area

Language of material

  • English

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