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Miniature Woman's Overshoes
Miniature Woman's Overshoes

Miniature Woman's Overshoes

Dateabout 1915-1925
MediumMolded rubber
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x height x width): 2 7/16 x 1 1/8 x 3/4in. (6.2 x 2.9 x 1.9cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Marcella Putnam
DescriptionMolded black rubber miniature shoes in a pump style, with a rounded toe and knock-on type heel. The shoes are molded so that the heel is hollow---thus, the inside of the shoe is not flat along the bottom, but it is open in the heel. The side of each shoe is molded with the words," THE MARVEL."
Object number1962.59.2a,b
MarkingsMolded into the rubber on the side of each shoe is "THE / MARVEL".
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Miniature Overshoes
    Goodyear Rubber Company
    about 1893
    Miniature Boots
    Goodyear Rubber Company
    about 1893
    Miniature Overshoes
    Hayward Rubber Company
    about 1915-1935
    Miniature Overshoes
    Goodyear Rubber Company
    about 1890-1915
    Miniature Overshoes
    Hayward Rubber Company
    about 1885-1915
    Miniature Boots
    The Candee Rubber Company
    about 1895-1915
    Miniature Boots
    L. Candee & Company
    about 1895-1915
    Miniature Boots
    The Candee Rubber Company
    about 1895-1915
    Miniature Overshoes
    L. Candee & Company
    about 1915-1935
    Gift of Rockwell Gardiner, 1963.33.1, Connecticut Historical Society
    Unknown
    about 1840-1845
    Woonsocket Rubber Company
    about 1890-1895
    Miniature Boots
    Hayward Rubber Company
    about 1885-1895