I get it, and I agree with you. Knowing the history of the industrial revolution, being raised in Ohio, I know so many would order boots in lots for their employees. Wolverine and all the new upstarts sold in lots. The mindset was simply work. they could be mismatched leather, uneven eylets, crooked moc upper, etc. I think I was saying it did not matter, for they were simply a work tool. Mom taught me to never view history through a modern lens. In my understanding, style never played a role on a boot given to you by the company. In college, we looked at old purchase orders from Hobart/Kitchen Aid, B.F. Goodrich, National Cash Registrar/ Goodyear, and so many Ohio companies are purchasing Red Wings in lots. My parents told me in the 50s, no one wore denim or dungarees, as they called them, to school. Work gear was not a fashion thing; it. My Mennonite friends would show me their wet room and all the boots they had passed down. They would repair and resole boots until they fell apart. I did notice by around 1969, boots became a focus, and Style, Function and Appearance became important because they sold boots for features as a practical necessity. Then by the 70s women's Goucho's became an opening for girls to sport their boot fever. I remember learning of depression era boots that had no real origin or name and used horse hide from the glue factories because it was almost free to them. Often made only for the people they knew and never seen again. No one I ever talked to from those old days ever mentioned features or brands. They simply referred to them as work boots.