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Boots
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Pair of men's Wellington riding boots of black and dark brown leather, faced with black leather. Leather pull tabs on either side of throat, which curves up across front. Shaft is dark brown leather, marked with vertical striations. Vamp and quarter (and lower half of back of shaft) of black leather, heavily treated. Squared toe; curved-last soles with stacked heels. Stitches visible around outer edge of front sole, with nails across instep edge and around heel sole. Hand sewn.
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Genesee Country Village and Museum
Adult, Male
Footwear
Historic Costume
Boots
Male
Leather
Black
1840 - 1860
19th Century
Mid 19th Century
Herendeen, Edward
Herendeen, Edward Franklin
One of them is the original owner