KAUFMAN (CANADA) Men's "DEFROSTERS" PREMIUM BOOTS.

HIGH TOP RUBBER SOLE (NON SLIP) The Kaufman Rubber Company was founded by Jacob Kaufman in 1907. The Kaufman plant opened in 1908 with 350 employees. It was constructed on about 4 acres of land at King and Victoria Streets and produced rubber footwear for both domestic and foreign markets. After Jacob Kaufman’s death in 1920, A.R. Kaufman became president of the company until he retired in 1964. During this time, the company’s product line expanded to include heavy rubber clothing for industries such as fishing, mining, firefighting, and meatpacking. During the two World Wars, it produced special footwear and gas masks for the Canadian forces. By the 1950s, the Canadian rubber footwear industry was feeling the impact of competing imported products, and so Kaufman Rubber began manufacturing footwear made from synthetic materials. The most popular of these were Foamtread slippers, introduced in 1953. In 1954, the company pioneered the slush molding of waterproof footwear from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) under the name Showertogs. It also entered the leatherwork boot market with its Kingtreads name, and eventually offered a hiking and hunting boot known as Badlanders as well. The Sorel line of winter sport and work boots, introduced in 1959, became Kaufman Rubber’s most successful product line. * These Boots are no longer Manufactured. The Last of a Dead Breed of Canadian Boot (NWOT)