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Shoe

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Heavy brown leather ankle high shoes lined with heavily sized plain weave cotton. Very square toes Center opening with no tongue. Edges bound with white kid. A pair of punched holes at base of opening but there are no others. Newly applied heavy soles. Pegged soles stamped “10.” Small stack heel. Illegible pencil marking inside top of one. The pegs come up into the inside so they must have been uncomfortable to wear.

G2000.064

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Youth

Historic Costume

Shoes

Unisex

Leather

Cotton

1840 - 1865

shoe

ankle high

leather

straights

kid

pegged sole

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