Sneakers go back a long way. In the late 18th century, people wore
rubber soled shoes called plimsolls, but they were pretty crude—for one
thing, there was no right foot or left foot. Around 1892, the U.S.
Rubber Company came up with more comfortable rubber sneakers with canvas
tops, called Keds. By 1917, these sneakers began to be mass produced.
(They got the nickname sneakers because they were so quiet, a person
wearing them could sneak up on someone.)
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