Bootmaker
Ruben Diaz
Ruben Diaz was a bootmaker at Little’s Boot Company in San Antonio, Texas, who retired in 2023 after working at the shop for more than 50 years. His decades on the bench made him one of the shop’s longest-serving craftsmen.
Known for
More than 50 years as a bootmaker at Little’s Boot Company
Related: Little's Boot Company · Royal Brown
Biography
History
Ruben Diaz was a bootmaker at Little's Boot Company in San Antonio, Texas. The San Antonio Report reported in February 2024 that he had retired the previous year after working at Little's for more than fifty years.
The same article named several of his colleagues on the Little's bench: Rafa Moreno, Jose Pena, and Victor Velasquez, each with more than fifteen years in the trade, and Juan Dominguez, who cut leather flowers for a women's boot. The Royal Brown family is covered in the same article as a separate multi-generational bench at the shop. No birth or death year for Diaz has surfaced.
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Sources and references
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Encyclopedia references: CowboyBootsDB and maker archives linked where available. Historical dates and attributions can vary by source.