Shoe

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Shoe

Entry/Object ID

CW 2774 a-b

Description

Shoe. Pair of child's shoes; white kid; slip-on style; brown kid soles; ruffled satin ribbon on edges; metal grommets; ribbon tie around ankles. Worn by the donor's husband, Thomas Philip Haviland, circa 1897. CW 2774 a Left shoe CW 2774 b Right shoe Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Date made

1897

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Notes

Creation Date: 1897

Material

Kid; satin; metal grommets

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Haviland, Thomas Philip

Provenance

Notes

Owner: Thomas Philip Haviland Worn by Thomas Philip Haviland in 1897, stamped on bottom "2." Donor notes: The donor's husband, Thomas Philip Haviland, was a 1919 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and received his doctorate in English in 1929. He served on the English faculty of the University of Pennsylvania beginning 1921. Haviland lived at 130 West Johnson Street in Germantown, Philadelphia. (Source: University of Pennsylvania: https://www.english.upenn.edu/people/faculty/in-memorium)