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
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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

  1. 1903Founded Founded1

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