Bootmaker
Jose Lucas Sanchez
Jose Lucas Sanchez, with his wife Cuca, expanded his father Yldefonso Sanchez's El Paso shoe-repair and bootmaking business into western wear during the 1940s and 1950s. Under them the company grew to six locations and pioneered "repair while you wait" service. No birth year, death year, or street address was documented.
Related: Yldefonso Sanchez · Jose Luis Sanchez
History
Jose Lucas Sanchez was the son of El Paso bootmaker Yldefonso Sanchez. Texas House Resolution 1427 (2015) says that during the 1940s and 1950s, Jose Lucas and his wife, Cuca Sanchez, expanded the family business into western wear, grew it to six locations, and pioneered “repair while you wait” service.
His son’s own company page says Jose Luis Sanchez worked as a youngster in his father’s shoe-repair and bootmaking shop. No birth year, death year, street address, or style number survives for Jose Lucas Sanchez himself.
Known for
Grew the family shop to six El Paso locations