Weinbrenner Shoe Company Est. 1892 In USA 1892: Albert Weinbrenner (age 27), starts a business with partner Joseph Pfeifer repairing and selling boots and shoes out of a storefront at 140 West Water Street in Milwaukee. - they called their new cobblery "Weinbrenner and Pfeifer." Their specialty - boots and shoes for the "jobbing" trades -... Goodyear welted