Chuck Taylor All-StarsThe Converse Rubber Company was founded in 1908 sa pamamagitan ng Marquis M. Converse, in Massachusetts, United States. Initially, the company only made galoshes and seasonal shoes. Around 1915 the company decided to make athletic shoes so they could have continual production all taon around. As basketbol grew in its popularity, the company developed a shoe specific to the sport in 1917 which became popular in the late 1910s. sa pamamagitan ng 1918, around 20,000 shoes were being manufactured sa pamamagitan ng Converse per day.

That same year, 1918, a high school basketbol star, Chuck Taylor, began wearing Converse's...