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Canvas sneakers with rubber soles
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Woman's Keds Champion sneaker, 1916, Bata Shoe Museum, Wikimedia Commons, CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keds_Champion_sneaker,_woman's,_1916_-_Bata_Shoe_Museum_-_DSC00729.JPG
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In 1916, Keds introduced the Champion, a canvas shoe with a rubber sole. The next year, Converse released the Non-Skid basketball shoe, which later became known as the All Star.

