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Gift of Rockwell Gardiner, 1963.33.1, Connecticut Historical Society
Woman's Overshoes
Gift of Rockwell Gardiner, 1963.33.1, Connecticut Historical Society

Woman's Overshoes

Dateabout 1840-1845
MediumMolded rubber and cotton
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x height x width): 8 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 2 3/4in. (22.2 x 5.7 x 7cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Rockwell Gardiner
DescriptionMolded rubber shoes with a slit vamp; to either side of the slit are punched two pairs of eyelets for a tie. The toe is square and the sole is flat. The shoe is lined with a heavily napped, twilled, brown cotton, which is seamed down the middle. The rubber is embossed with lines to imitate seaming. The sole is not separate; it is molded one with the upper. The backs of the shoes are punched with holes, threaded with the remnants of brown string.
Object number1963.33.1a,b
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Man's Shoes
    Unknown
    about 1840-1845
    Woman's Overshoes
    Hayward Rubber Company
    about 1835-1840
    Woman's Overshoe
    Hayward Rubber Company
    about 1825-1855
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    Christopher Battalino
    about 1965
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    Falk
    about 1965-1975
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    about 1915-1935
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    Providence Rubber Company
    about 1865
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    Bass
    about 1975
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    Top Notch
    about 1955-1975
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    Reverend John Richards Lambert
    about 1855
    Man's Overshoes
    L. L. Bean
    about 1950-1970
    Woman's Shoes
    [?] Sisley
    about 1840-1845