Girl's Overshoe
ShoemakerMade by
Amazon Rubber Company
American
Dateabout 1885-1895
MediumMolded rubber with woven cotton lining
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (lenght x height x width): 6 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 2 1/4in. (16.2 x 4.8 x 5.7cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Lorraine Walker Bardsley
DescriptionBlack rubber child's overshoe, with dark green knitted cotton lining in the upper, and a woven brown cotton sock lining. The throatline of the shoe is double-curved, like a heart shape at the top; there are concentric dotted lines reflecting the double curves across the vamp area of the overshoe. The bottom of the overshoe has a tread pattern of a diamond grid.
Object number1974.53.3
MarkingsMolded across the bottom of the overshoe in the area of the ball of the foot: "THICK". Molded in the waist of the overshoe bottom, within a shield: "AMAZON / RUBBER CO. / BOSTON". Above this, "216" is pressed into the rubber.Subject Terms
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