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The Weatherbird inspired the name of John Hartford's "Weatherbird Reel". [11] [12]Weatherbird brand shoes for children, using pictures of the Weatherbird in advertising, were offered starting in 1901 by the St. Louis-based Peters Shoe Company, later part of International Shoe which continued to base the brand's image on the Weatherbird until 1932 [13] (the brand itself continued at least ...
A small purple dragon who is the mascot of the Imagination! pavilion at the Epcot theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. Kedso the Clown: Keds shoes: Kolonel Keds: Kaptain Keds and Kedzam: Ernie Keebler and the Keebler elves: Keebler snacks: 1968–present: Ernie voiced by Parley Baer for many years Cinnamon & Apple: Kellogg's Apple Jacks ...
The St. Louis version of "'Hill Brothers Self Service Shoe Store'" went from 3 to 103 stores in the Midwest and South between 1956 and 1971. Volume Shoe originally operated the 103 stores under the "Hill Brothers Self Service" name. Starting in 1972, Volume Shoe began to consolidate stores in proximity and convert others to the "Payless" brand.
The Brown Shoe Company paid $66,000 for the construction project, which with inflation would cost over $1,700,000 in 2015. [2] Groves designed and built eighteen churches in St. Louis, as well as a myriad of commercial, residential, and industrial buildings. [2] In particular, Groves developed eleven factories for the Brown Shoe Company. [2]
Caleres Inc. is an American footwear company that owns and operates a variety of footwear brands. Its headquarters is located in Clayton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. [4] [5] Founded in 1878 as Bryan, Brown & Company in St. Louis, it underwent several name changes; [6] for a time, the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company was the largest manufacturer of shoes in America.
The Spirits of St. Louis were a basketball franchise based in St. Louis that played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1974 to 1976. This was the third and last city of a franchise that had begun as a charter member in 1967 as the Houston Mavericks before a shift to the Carolinas in 1969 to play as the Cougars.
The Hamilton-Brown Shoe Factory was the first large scale industrial operation in Columbia, Missouri. It was built in 1906-1907 by the Brown Shoe Company, the largest shoe manufacture in the world at the time. It was the first plant built outside of St. Louis and was operational from 1907-1939 [2] The building today has been converted into offices.
The Saint Louis Billikens are the collegiate athletic teams that represent Saint Louis University, located in St. Louis, Missouri.The Billikens compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference (where they are the westernmost member, and both the first member located west of the Mississippi and in the Central Time Zone).