Legal
Terms of use
Last updated 22 September 2026
This is a history site about a company that closed in 1969. These terms are short because there is very little to fall out about.
Using the site
You are welcome to read it, listen to it, link to it, quote it and cite it. Please do not copy it wholesale and republish it as your own.
What is on it, and who owns what
The historical material — catalogues, advertisements, patents, trademark filings and photographs of surviving shoes — is reproduced from items in a private collection. The written history, the translations, the narration and the design of this site are ours.
All product names, marks and designs mentioned here belong to their respective owners. They are named for historical and comparative purposes only. Hood Rubber Company is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by any of them, and nothing on this site should be read as suggesting otherwise.
If you own rights in something reproduced here and would rather it were not, write to info@hoodrubber.com and we will take it down while we sort it out. We would rather be told than argued with.
Accuracy
Everything here is drawn from primary sources — the company's own catalogues, its published history, patents and contemporary press. We have checked the dates and figures against those sources and cite them where it matters. History being what it is, errors survive anyway. Tell us about one and we will correct it.
The relaunch list
Leaving your address signs you up for one thing: a message when the Hood Conference relaunches. There is no date, and no promise that it will happen at all. You can ask to be removed at any time by writing to us. How we handle the address is set out in the privacy policy.
No warranty, and the limits of our liability
The site is provided as it is. We do not promise it will always be available or free of errors. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for any loss arising from your use of it.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules.