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Pamphlet for the Goodyear Boot & Shoe Sewing Machines, location unknown, 1882

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1882

Location Note

Ephemera - Shoe Manufacturing

GUSN

GUSN-188145

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Description

This tri-fold pamphlet advertises the Goodyear Boot & Shoe Sewing Machines with two lithographed illustrations. The pamphlet compares the old method of making shoes by hand and the new method using the Goodyear machine. Included in the pamphlet is a list of prices for shoes to be sold at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
clothing
shoes (footwear)
boots
footwear
fairs
shoemakers
pamphlets
advertisements

Physical Description

1 pamphlet : illustrations

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

2005

Reference Code

EP001.01.023.07.04.043

Acquisition Type

Gift

Places

Cincinnati (Hamilton county, Ohio)

Record Details

Material Type

pamphlets
advertisements

Other Organizations

Cincinnati Industrial Exposition

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 17.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera - Shoe Manufacturing

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