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Originally Posted by
gnatty8 
Wow, yes, those are beautiful. I'd never heard of that maker before..
I only know, Lefcourt was a shoe store in New York who was involved in the creation of the tassel loafer in 1948
(no idea when they went out of business):
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Then he took one shoe to the New York firm of Lefcourt and the other to Morris Bootmakers in Beverly Hills, asking them each to develop a better version.
Surprisingly, but perhaps not completely coincidentally, both stores brought the request to Alden.
http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar...44,609,00.html
In all probability, they were not manufacturers, but retalers who sold their stuff as ‘private label’.