Weinbrenner Shoe Company is an American manufacturer of safety, military, work and uniform footwear.
Originally working as an apprentice for his father repairing outsoles, he left at age 27 in 1892 to start his own business with Joseph Pfeifer.
The two opened a small cobblery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin called "Weinbrenner and Pfeifer", specializing in "jobbing" shoes (referred to today as work boots).
Its innovate exterior design for the period led to its feature in several national architectural magazines.
In 1935, construction began on a new manufacturing plant in Marshfield, Wisconsin in order to raise production capacity to 3–4,000 boots per day.
This led to the development of improved safety technology such as steel safety-toe caps, protective outsoles, and metatarsal guards.