The Art Gallery of Western Australia - AGWA - Sneak-er-Peek at these 1936 sneakers designed by German shoemaker and future Adidas founder Adi Dassler. Adi offered his athletic shoes to Jessie Owens,
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TIL in the 1936 summer Olympics in Nazi Germany, Adi Dassler, founder of the new German company Adidas, asked african American athlete Jesse Owens to wear his new running shoes during the
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