Ball-Band Shoes Anti-trust laws display, Mishawaka, Indiana, ca. 1910

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Ball-Band Shoes Anti-trust laws display, Mishawaka, Indiana, ca. 1910

1910, ca

A large decorated wagon or parade float shows a painting of an alligator marked "Trust" and a man near the word "Knit" holding a shield marked "Ball-Band". On the back is a snake and a large stick marked "Ball-Band" and the caption "Can he swallow this one? Not as long as he can keep that stick in his mouth." A display of socks is seen in the background. The Ball-Band and Straight-Line Rubber Boots and Shoes of Mishawaka began as a manufacturerer of yarn and woolens. This display refers to the Anti-Trust and anti-monopoly laws of the time.

Harley Sheets Collection

Floats (Parades)

Shoes

Monopolies

Political issues

Mishawaka (Ind.)

Saint Joseph County (Ind.)

Indiana Memory

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