The Mary Jane might just be one of the most iconic and versatile shoes of all time. Legend has it the name came from a comic strip dubbed Buster Brown in the New York Herald in 1902. In the comic ...

These days, Mary Jane shoes—which are typically made of leather ... The mischievous but well-dressed Buster Brown made his debut on May 4, 1902, in the New York Herald. Cartoonist Richard ...

Outcault offered the characters of Buster, his sister, Mary Jane, and dog, Tige, to any company that would pay the price. The Brown Shoe Co. bit on the idea. Buster Brown is likely the most famous ...

a small jacket and Victorian shoes. He sported a page boy haircut topped with a wide, saucer-rim hat. Behind his cute appearance, Buster Brown was a jokester who also had a sister, named Mary Jane, ...

Buster Brown and Mary Jane shoes. [Photo/dianping.com] At that time, both boys and girls sported such shoes with pantyhose or socks, shirts and short trousers. Its name was from a comic strip ...

when Brown Shoes Company’s popular comic strip Buster Brown introduced Buster’s sister Mary Jane, who was often shown wearing this shoe style. A few years later, Mary Janes underwent a ...