Red Goose Shoes
This sign hangs over the former location of Solomon's Juvenile Shoe Store aka Red Goose Shoe Store at 306 Houston St. in Ft. Worth.It is now The Red Goose Saloon which was established in 1998. My guess is that the shoe store was established perhaps in the 1930s or earlier.
The Red Goose Shoe Company of St. Louis,Missouri,began selling shoes to pioneer families headed west in 1869. The company's original name was Gieske-D'Oench-Hayes,after the founders. The name was changed in the early 1900s.Gieske is German slang for "goose." The red color came later when during the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904,some stock boys painted the goose on the cartons red. The head of the company liked the idea,and so Red Goose Shoes was trademarked in 1906.
I found the above info on the internet. Ft. Worth,Texas. 6.22.2016.
Red Goose Shoes
This sign hangs over the former location of Solomon's Juvenile Shoe Store aka Red Goose Shoe Store at 306 Houston St. in Ft. Worth.It is now The Red Goose Saloon which was established in 1998. My guess is that the shoe store was established perhaps in the 1930s or earlier.
The Red Goose Shoe Company of St. Louis,Missouri,began selling shoes to pioneer families headed west in 1869. The company's original name was Gieske-D'Oench-Hayes,after the founders. The name was changed in the early 1900s.Gieske is German slang for "goose." The red color came later when during the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904,some stock boys painted the goose on the cartons red. The head of the company liked the idea,and so Red Goose Shoes was trademarked in 1906.
I found the above info on the internet. Ft. Worth,Texas. 6.22.2016.