Posts Tagged ‘Pro-Keds’

Dec 30 2009

Pro-Keds Sneakers

Continually innovating and adding new products to their product lines, Keds became by the 1940’s the most important manufacturer of canvas sneakers in the world. In 1949 they created the Pro-Keds brand, which went on to compete directly with Converse Chuck Taylor on the professional sports apparel market, particularly basketball. Nate Archibald, Kareem Abdul Jabar [...]

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Feb 18 2009

Keds Sneakers Articles Now Up On The Site

Keds sneakers are becoming more and more popular these days. The brand has a long history, and it was born about the same time as Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers, which could probably explain the striking resemblance between the two. So I did some research and managed to put up two articles that pretty much tell [...]

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