United States Rubber Company
American
BiographyU.S. Rubber Co. was the patent-holder and manufacturer of Top-Sider shoes, developed between 1935-1937 by Paul Sperry (b. 1895). U.S. Rubber Co. produced Top-Siders, as well as Keds, at its Naugatuck, Connecticut, plant until 1979, when both brands were purchased by the Stride Rite Corporation, based in Massachusetts. (Monagan, "Connecticut Icons: The Sperry Top-Sider," Connecticut Magazine, April 2002, p. 120.)
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