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Woman's Shoes
Woman's Shoes

Woman's Shoes

Dateabout 1920
MediumMachine-stitched cotton, with a stiff sole lining (possibly leather)
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width across ball of foot x depth): 2 x 3 1/8 x 9 7/8in. (5.1 x 7.9 x 25.1cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Jean B. Rowley
DescriptionBlack cotton sateen trimmed with white bias tape, flat shoes. Two straps cross the top of the foot and button at the back of the shoe. A stiff sole lining (possibly leather) is covered on the botton with a plain-woven canvas, and edged with tan twill-woven tape. The shoe is lined with twill-woven cotton around the sides and with plain-woven cotton on the bottom. The bottom of each shoe is stamped with the number "5." The bottom of the shoe has ground-in dirt and sand--evidence of its use at the beach as a bathing shoe.
Object number1959.72.20.2a,b
MarkingsThe number "5" is stamped on the bottom of each shoe.
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
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    G. Fox and Co.
    about 1970-1975
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    Herbert Nelson Ackley
    1860-1861
    Dress
    Clara Eglantine Comstock
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    Brainard family
    about 1865-1875
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    John A. Wolfe
    about 1775-1785
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    Mary Trumbull
    about 1770-1785
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    Christopher Robert Arno
    1963-1964
    Child's Shoes
    Walter Chipman
    mid 18th-mid 19th century
    Dress
    Fanny Griswold
    about 1855-1860
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    Elizabeth Gay Sisson
    about 1881