cotton canvas shoes

[Hammerhead]

i heard a referance to cotton canvas shoes with leather soles any truth to this or could it be PC

[raymond the younger]

sounds like a myth to me.

[old salt]

yes there were canvas shoes with leather soles, yes they would be pc, but they would not be location correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plimsoll_shoe

[Hammerhead]

ok so they wouldnt work here in ohio

[William]

Well, period correct in certain places after 1830.

[beowulf]

who the heck would have thought that sneakers have been around that long !

[Red Badger]

deck shoes were canvas top for sailors that had them... don't know what the soles were made of.

[Horner75]

I saw reference once, can't remember where, that English workers in wet leather tanning, soap factories etc., sometimes wore sail cloth (canvas) leather soled over-boots, that the soles were "tarred" on the bottoms for wet floor and deck conditions. I think it was used mainly in England and probably wouldn't be to popular for many today!

Rick