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began tinkering with an improved footmeasuring device. While the sticks measured only the foot’s length, Brannock’s sketches and calculations represented an apparatus that would measure length, width, and distance from the heel to the ball of the foot to determine arch length. His first prototype was built from a child's Erector set.

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• At the young age of 25, Brannock obtained a patent for his invention and established the Brannock Device Company. He began selling the apparatus to other shoe retailers by himself, but soon hired a team of salesmen to introduce the product to shoe stores throughout the country. It was an immediate success, and by 1929 the device was being sold internationally. • In 1933, a U.S. Navy captain was looking into why so many sailors had problems with their feet, and asked a shoe salesman for his advice. The salesman measured the sailors’ feet with a Brannock device, and informed the captain that the problem was simply ill-fitting shoes. That captain wrote an article about this simple solution in the July, 1933 issue of United States Naval Institute Proceedings. Brannock seized the opportunity to expand his business by forwarding the article, first to other naval ships, then on to other branches of the military. By World War II, his device was in regular use by most of the armed forces. •

Following the death of his father in 1962, Brannock added to his own manufacturing company work load by becoming CEO of ParkBrannock Shoes. He continued to come to the office of Brannock Devices on a daily basis well into his 80s. When his health began to fail, he thought about selling the business, but many prospective buyers wanted to change the device to a plastic material. To Brannock, this was a non-negotiable point, and he insisted that the devices be manufactured from steel.

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The “Franciscan” name was inspired by the heritage of the Franciscan monks who settled in early California. In 1979, Wedgwood bought out Gladding, McBean and Co. and in 1984 relocated the operations to England. Wedgwood Waterford Royal Doulton produces Franciscan Ware today. Your set was made in the 1950’s to the early 1960’s and would probably be worth $800 to $1200. *** This mark is on the bottom of a wash set that I have. The set includes a washbowl, large pitchers, a large chamber pot, a small container with a lid, a small pitcher, a drinking glass and a small dish with handles, which looks like a sugar bowl. These pieces all match and are decorated with small pinstripes in burgundy and gold. How much is my set worth?

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