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Pair of children's red leather ankle-strap shoes. Leather soles, inner and outer. Lined with red leather and ribbed cotton canvas. Mid-level vamp, cut rounded and bound with silk tape. Silk ribbon rosette on each toe. Round button on ankle strap, originally painted red, but one has worn away to reveal the black button beneath. Leather is soiled and some of the binding on the edging is worn.

2021.06.035a-b

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Historic Costume

Shoes

Unisex

1860 - 1880

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