Shoes

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Vermont Historical Society

shoes

Name/Title

Shoes

Entry/Object ID

1982.37.31a-b

Description

Square-toed black leather shoes. The shoes secure onto the feet with two short leather tabs over a short tongue. The tabs tie together with string, and a stamped tin buckle has been stitched over the tabs. The shoes are straight cut (not shaped for left or right), and the side walls are pushed out, indicating it was worn by someone with a wider foot than the sole.

Context

Owned by True Blake Walter of Burke, Vermont, likely as part of a costume

Acquisition

Accession

1982.37

Source or Donor

Gibavic, Annette N.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Estate of Elizabeth Nelson

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Shoes

Clothing Sex

Male

Textile Details

Material

Leather, Tin

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Shoe

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Footwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

2 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Length

10-1/2 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Walker, True Blake (1841-1863)

Related Places

Place

Town

Burke

County

Caledonia County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Related Events

Event

Civil War