Boots
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Pair of women's oxford-style boots of light green wool sateen, faced with off-white leather, and lined with cotton canvas. Top edge is cut in a wavy line and topstitched. Lace down center front with green cotton lace through 25 pairs of metal eyelets. Squared toe; straight sole with black-dyed and tooled instep and stacked heel. One shoe has "18[?]4" written on the sole in pencil; the other has a sticker on the heel reading "McKay Lew. Mach. Association / 2 / 567170 / Pat. Aug. 14 / 1860." Both are embossed on the sole with "N. J. H & P Byrnes / Rochester, NY". Machine sewn.
2024.52.002a-b
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Adult, Female
Footwear
Historic Costume
Boots
Female
Sateen
Wool
Green
J. H. & P. Byrnes
1880 - 1885
19th Century
Late 19th Century
Rochester
New York
United States of America
North America
McKay Shoe Machinery Company