Private company
Shinola
American shoe polish company
Shinola is a defunct American brand of shoe polish. The Shinola Company, founded in Rochester, New York in 1877, as the American Chemical Manufacturing and Mining Company, produced the polish under a sequence of different owners until 1960.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
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Shinola is a defunct American brand of shoe polish. The Shinola Company, founded in Rochester, New York in 1877, as the American Chemical Manufacturing and Mining Company, produced the polish under a sequence of different owners until 1960.2
Products and brands
- shoe polish
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1903Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaShinola
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- WikidataQ21188798
Sources
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- 1WikidataShinola on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaShinola on Wikipedia
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