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Shoe
Object/Artifact
High top laced child’s shoes of brown leather lined with white twill cotton, brass eyelets and toe caps; pegged straights with low stacked heels. No binding. Inked inside: JC Connor had these in his store in 1856. Back seam, piped vamp seam. Metal guard joining bottom 2 eyelets.
G91.125
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1856
shoe
child's
leather
high top