Eskiloos were a specialized fashionable line of waterproof, fleece-lined boots produced by Uniroyal (often under the "Dominion Rubber" brand in Canada) during the 1960s and 1970s, designed for cold, wet weather. It was an outgrowth of the Rubber Machinery Shop which was established in 1917 in Kitchener, Ontario, by the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company Limited. RMS was a self-sustained division of Dominion Tire Company which was acquired by Uniroyal, but operating and maintaining its own facilities for sales and manufacturing. Although Uniroyal would be RMS’ largest client during the period, economic conditions saw the company branch into other industries and begin manufacturing machines for such diverse purposes as producing medicated Band-Aids and cutting wooden bungs for whiskey barrels, and products such as portions of the (now removed) peri-telescopes on the CN Tower.
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