Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1975.083.015ab |
Object Name |
Boot |
Title |
Woman's Boots |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Date |
Early 20th-century |
Year Range from |
1885 |
Year Range to |
1920 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
One pair of women's slightly shiny black leather high topped lace boots with very pointed toes. 4.6 cm high leather heel with leather soles. High topped boots of soft leather. Boots lace up with black shoe laces through 17 holes on either side, leather tongue beneath. Boots are lined inside with heavy white cotton. Inner leg has black stencilled numbers "98 280161". Manufactured. |
Provenance |
Manufacturer and provenance unknown. Last owned by Rosemary Kennedy, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pollock Jr. of Owen Sound, Grey County. |
Collection |
Textiles, 20th-c Clothing Collection, Women's |
Material |
Leather/Cotton/Cord/Metal/Dye/Ink |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Kennedy, Rhoda Jean Kennedy, Rosemary |
Subjects |
Footwear Women |
Function |
Outdoor footwear for a woman in the late 1800s or early 1900s. |