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Boots

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Pair of men's Wellington boots of brown and black leather, lined with white leather. Pull straps of off-white and blue cotton twill tape. Shaft is brown leather; vamp and quarter are stiffer black leather, shaped with a peaked "tongue" that is carried over the brown leather at center front. Squared toe; stacked heel on curve-lasted sole, thickened and stained black at the edge under instep, and with small nails hammered into heel along outer edge. "Robt Slater Esq" written on lining. Machine sewn.

G2006.126.1a-b

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Adult, Male

Footwear

Historic Costume

Boots

Male

Leather

Black

Brown

1855 - 1870

19th Century

Mid 19th Century

Slater, Robert

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