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Tennis Shoes

Jacob Holinde , Community Campus, 1 st period. Tennis Shoes. Who invented the first shoes. The first tennis shoes came from Britain. When was the first shoe invented???. Tennis shoes first began to show up in the late 1800s. Who wore the shoes when they were invented??.

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Tennis Shoes

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  1. Jacob Holinde, Community Campus, 1st period Tennis Shoes

  2. Who invented the first shoes • The first tennis shoes came from Britain

  3. When was the first shoe invented??? • Tennis shoes first began to show up in the late 1800s.

  4. Who wore the shoes when they were invented?? • These shoes were worn only by sailors and wealthy aristocrats who wanted them for sports.

  5. What were they made of? • The first tennis shoes were made of canvas. This was so that busy worker or athletes could wash them regularly .

  6. First U.S. tennis shoes made • The Converse All-Star was the first U.S. tennis shoe.

  7. When was it made? • The first converse all-star shoes were released in 1917.

  8. Tennis shoe innovations • As the desire for tennis shoes increased, manufacturers found ways to make them so they could improve an athlete's performance. • Such as making them light weight or giving them more traction into the ground.

  9. Tennis shoe innovation time-line

  10. 1800’s • 1800s The first inexpensive rubber-soled shoes, called plimsolls, were manufactured in England

  11. 1892 • 1892 A little rubber shoe company named Goodyear – later known for its automobile tires – manufactures rubber and canvas shoes under different names, finally settling on Keds

  12. 1908 • 1908 Marquis M. Converse establishes the Converse Shoe Company to make athletic shoes, thus revolutionizing the game of basketball and becoming an American icon

  13. 1917 • 1917 Keds are the first mass-marketed athletic shoes in America; they become popular with boaters, cheerleaders and small children

  14. 1920 • 1920 German shoemaker AdiDassler begins producing handmade training shoes in his mother's washroom

  15. 1931 • 1931 Dassler’s new company, Adidas, produces its first athletic shoe

  16. 1935 • 1935 Converse’s new style of “tennis shoes” (made for tennis champion Jack Purcell) become a staple of early Hollywood and the “bad boy” crowd

  17. 1950’s • 1950s Sneakers become a symbol of rebellion for teenagers around the world; the fashion is “officially” sanctioned when teen idol James Dean is photographed wearing denim jeans and white sneakers

  18. Sources sited • I got most of my information from trailend: http://www.trailend.org/edpdf-fctennisshoes.pdf

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