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Shoe

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Pair of white kidskin slit vamp shoes; rounded toe with left/right shaping with almost circular heel; stacked heel; narrow waist with a back seam, and side seam.

G2010.020

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Historic Costume

Shoes

Unisex

kid skin

Cream

1815 - 1825

Label

Inside one shoe.

First Quality for sale by Amos Fitch Head of Market Street Boston

English

Label

Amos Fitch (1786-1824) was a Boston shoe merchant.

Fitch, Amos

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