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About BA Mason
The B.A. Mason Catalog is named after the founder of Mason Shoe
Manufacturing Company, Bert A. Mason. Bert started the company back in 1904 in a
small logging town in northern Wisconsin called Chippewa Falls. At one time,
Chippewa Falls had the largest mill under one roof in the world.
He established his reputation by marketing sturdy leather boots for the
lumberjacks and rivermen who harvested the huge stands of white pines in
Wisconsin and Minnesota. Those men demanded a lot from their footwear and Bert
made sure those demands were met.
Their boots had to stand up to mud, snow, rain, sleet and an occasional dunking
in a cold Wisconsin river. Bert´s boots did that and more. Soon the name “B.A.
Mason” spread up and down the Chippewa River and around the many lumber camps as
one of the finest bootmakers in the Northwoods.
Mason Shoe has been owned and operated by the Mason family since 1904.
Bert ran the company by himself for years. In 1925, his oldest son, Owen, joined
the company, followed by his next son, Ned, in 1935 and his youngest son,
Victor, in 1945.
Today, Bert´s grandson, Bill Scobie, carries on the family tradition.
In 1915, Bert expanded into a larger building. This original factory and office
was located in downtown Chippewa Falls. Power for running the shoemaking
machinery was drawn from Duncan Creek, which ran next to the factory. After 10
or 12 years of manufacturing mostly logging boots, Bert started to add other
work and some dress styles. In 1922, he started marketing through catalogs with
a selection of styles for both men and women. Those original women´s shoes were
constructed like men´s welt shoes... not very stylish for Saturday night dances,
but they were solidly constructed for a full day´s work.
Mason Shoe made it through the depression and the leather rationing of World War
II.
During the war, people weren´t real fussy about the style of shoes they
received, they were just happy to get a pair of shoes. Often they would just ask
for a men´s or women´s shoe in their size and they didn´t care what it looked
like. Things have come a long way since those early days. Just take a look...
In 1969, Mason Shoe moved its facilities up to the Industrial Park on Chippewa´s
north side.
Today, Mason Shoe employs more than 400 men and women in the Chippewa Falls
area. Many of those people have 10, 20 and even 30-plus years of experience in
the shoe industry.
Our catalog contains more than 500 styles for men and women. You´ll find leather
dress shoes, western boots, work shoes with guaranteed soles, Fin & Feather®
sporting boots, sandals, service shoes, steel toe footwear, shoes with QUICK
GRIP® straps and of course, our full line of comfortable WALKABOUT® walking
shoes.
We offer sizes from 4 to 18 and widths from AAAA to EEEEEE.
Mason Shoe is an innovator, developing such unique concepts as CUSH-N-EEZ®
multi–layer, energy-return construction... RESPONDER® soles with multiple layers
to cushion as well as resist abrasion...and SLIP-LESS® soles that resist
slipping on wet, greasy, oily surfaces...to name just a few.
We are the largest mail order footwear cataloger in the United States.
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