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1810-1820
GUSN-15518
Each shoe in this pair is made from red morrocan leather, with brown grosgrain ribbon laces (B does not have laces) threaded through two pairs of punched eyes. The sole is hard leather with a spring heel. The shoes are lined with cream-colored linen and have a paper label pasted inside.
shoes (footwear)
footwear
stitching
leather
Children's clothing
Leather
Cotton
Hand Stitched
SHOES
Printed label on inner sole of ""B"" only: Parts are worn/illegible: ""Warranted SHOES - made particularly --- FAIRBANKS & G --- No.89(69?) Market Street ---"" (Fairbanks & Green Shoe Store--see directory check on lined sheet w/ worksheet.)
Fairbanks & Green Shoe Store
Unknown
Boston, Massachusetts
1.5 (H) (inches)
1970.36AB
Massachusetts (United States)
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