Marathon gumboots

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Title

Marathon gumboots

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New Zealand Fashion Museum

Collection

New Zealand Fashion Museum

Description

"If it weren’t for your gumboots, were would you be, sang Fred Dagg in 1976. The satirical Kiwi bloke wore a mismatched pair of Marathon gumboots that are now part the Te Papa collection. Skellerup’s footwear business grew from Marathon Rubber Footwear Limited, formed in Christchurch by Danish-Australian George Skellerup in 1939. Initially Skellerup produced tennis shoes, however, they expanded their production to footwear and civilian gas masks, to aid the war effort. In 1943, Skellerup secu...

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Format

Image

Date created

1943

URL

https://www.nzfashionmuseum.org.nz/m/marathon-gumboots/

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Image from Te Ao Hou, September 1959 ; Image © Skellerup

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