Lind Shoe Co

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The Lind Shoe Company has been owned and managed by the Lind family since 1919. Today we combine modern technology with the personal touch of a small business while continuing to offer our customers quality products.Linds has provided high quality, performance shoes for bowlers for more than 85 years. Linds experience goes back to the early part of the 20th century, when Swedish-born Erick Lind began working for the United Shoe Machinery Company, traveling from town to town setting up mechanized shoe factories and working as a superintendent. In 1919, Erick opened a shop making hand-crafted, custom-made street shoes.In 1936, Leslie, Erick’s son, bought the company after having learned some of the trade from his father and honing his skills on his own. 1936 is the year the legendary Linds bowling shoes were born. It started with a request from a customer who played on a team sponsored by Hamm’s Brewery. He wanted something added to the bottom of his shoe that would help him slide more easily, so Leslie put a buckskin sole on the shoe. Soon after that the entire bowling team had their shoes resoled. After using the resoled shoes, one of the customers summed up his enthusiasm and appreciation of Leslie’s inventive concept by saying, "You don’t know what you’ve got there!"

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