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Apr 13Liked by Historical Snapshots

My older brother used to wear hightop Chuck Taylor Converses when he was a kid. He loved them. Me, little sister, wore my classic white Keds. I still love them today.

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Apr 12Liked by Historical Snapshots

This story should have been entitled “Greed and the Fall of Converse”. Production in the Malden, MA factory ended years ago. Like so many iconic products, Converse is simply capitalizing on its fabled past to sell highly-profitable Chinese products.

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