Boot Manufacturer
J.D.L. Arroyo y Cía
J.D.L. Arroyo y Cía was the first modern footwear factory in Valverde del Camino, Spain, a town later famous for campero riding boots. It opened in 1912 with a stated daily output of 500 pairs, and by the 1930s the town had grown to more than 80 such factories. No founder's given name beyond the initials J.D.L. was documented.
History
J.D.L. Arroyo y Cía was a boot factory in Valverde del Camino, Spain. According to Corbeto’s Boots, it was the town’s first modern footwear factory, opening in 1912 as “J.D.L. Arroyo y CIA, Sociedad en Comandita,” with a daily output of 500 pairs of boots. Other factories followed, and by the 1930s the town had more than 80 of them — mechanical, partly mechanical, and manual — making campero boots.
Campero boots are distinguished from the later rociero boot, which Corbeto’s Boots credits to José Parreño Lineros rather than to this factory.
Known for
First modern boot factory in Valverde del Camino (1912)