Educator Shoes

 

February 15, 1916, Menasha Record

Rice & Hutchins, Inc. was a shoe manufacturing and wholesaling company based in Boston that began as a partnership in 1866 and was later incorporated in 1892.  By 1916, the company was considered to be among the largest shoe manufacturers in America, with sales that were nationwide and in several countries in Europe, Asia, and South America.  The corporation was dissolved in 1929.

The "Educator" was advertised as an othropedically correct shoe for men, women, and children with prices starting at $1.35.  More below in the accompanying ad: