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Boots
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Pair of women's boots of off-white kid leather with a greenish cast, lined with white cotton twill, faced with light brown silk satin. Fasten down outer sides with facing cut in reverse scallops, meeting seven brown glass or wood buttons. Toe and heel caps cut with upward points. Pointed toe; curve-lasted sole with instep stained darker brown and marked with dotted curves and with "4 C" in front of knock-on curved heel. Machine sewn.
2024.52.003a-b
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Adult, Female
Footwear
Historic Costume
Boots
Female
Kid Leather
Cotton
White
1890 - 1920
19th Century
20th Century
Late 19th Century