Initially, Bean sold just one product: the Maine Hunting Shoe. Pairs of old Maine Hunting Shoes on display at an L.L. Paolo Picciotto/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesBean developed the Maine Hunting Shoe after dealing with wet leather boots during a hunting trip, according to L.L. To create something better, he used rubber shoe soles and had a high top added to them to create something that looked part-shoe, part-boot. He used a flyer to sell his Maine Hunting Shoe, according to the company.

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Persons: Bean, Paolo Picciotto Organizations: Getty, Wall Street Journal