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Brannock Device, 1950-1965
1950/1965
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Many people may not know that the scientific-looking gadget found in most shoe stores is called a Brannock device. Charles Brannock, a shoe store owner from Syracuse, New York, invented this tool in the late 1920s. It replaced a simple wooden ruler-type stick. The Brannock device provides more precise measurements of a person's foot ensuring a better fitting shoe.
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Details
- Title: Brannock Device, 1950-1965
- Date Created: 1950/1965
- Location: United States, New York, Syracuse, United States, Michigan, Charlevoix
- Subject Keywords: Campbell Boot Shop, Carey's Shoes, Footwear, Shoes (Footwear), Shoe stores, Brannock devices, Measuring devices (Instruments)
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Brannock device
- Object ID: 2008.145.62
- Image ID: THF65287
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Randolph C. and Nancy M. Carey.
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