Brannock Device

According to the Brannock website: The Brannock Device is the standard foot measuring tool for the world’s footwear industry. But few people are able to call the device by name, much less identify its inventor, Charles Brannock. Brannock was born into the shoe business. His father, Otis Brannock, joined with Ernest Parks in 1906 to establish Park-Brannock Shoe Co. in downtown Syracuse, NY. As a Syracuse University student, young Brannock wanted to find the best way to measure the foot. He played