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As popular commodities sometimes do, bronzed baby shoes are making a comeback among a new generation of parents and grandparents, thanks in part to an aggressive social media marketing strategy.

Yes, bronzing baby shoes is back in style. Patricia L. Heise of Forever Memories in Itasca recently has noticed an upturn in orders. Heise has been serving Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin as a ...

But bronzed baby shoes are making a comeback, thanks in part to an aggressive social media marketing strategy. "It's a visibility thing, ...

In 1929, Violet Shinbach, a Cleveland housewife, came up with the idea of bronze-plating baby shoes. She founded the Bron-Shoe Co. in Columbus, Ohio, in 1934.

But like many popular commodities, bronzed baby shoes fell out of fashion. The oldest and by far the largest company that bronzes baby shoes started offering the service in 1934 and never stopped.

Preserving baby shoes, toys, keepsakes or soothers, a bronzing service is a surefire winner. Low investment, low overhead, and little competition means big profits for you. To get started in a ...

Bronzing is commonly associated with baby shoes, but now customers send all sorts of items to the bronzing vats. Food items are difficult to bronze, but not impossible. One company, The Bronzery ...

Short of that, we’ll settle for preserving the moment, heirloom style. ‘‘Bronze baby shoes are like a trophy to babyhood,’’ says the man who runs the company where the tiny, upside-down ...

This early postcard shows bronzed baby shoes, the specialty of American Bronzing Co. Courtesy of Boston Public Library/ Flickr Back in the 1930s, a Columbus kindergarten teacher had a dream. Violet ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - During the Depression, former kindergarten teacher Violet Shinbach canvassed Ohio neighborhoods looking for yards with wading pools, tricycles and toys strewn about. She knew the ...