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Boots

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1834-1867

GUSN

GUSN-40770

Description

Black; toe cap trimmed with punched and scalloped edge; vamp is cut with a "tongue; " white kid lining; bootstraps of brown, beige, green, purple and pink striped cotton.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boots
footwear
leather
stitching
machine-made
armed forces
Men's clothing
Hand Stitched
Military
BOOTS

Inscription

Handwritten in ink in lining: ""Mr. B.A. Hacorn (?)/made by N.L. (?) Farnsworth(?)/41 Canal St./Boston, Mass.""

Additional Identification Number

1940.917

Maker

Possibly Farnsworth, N. L. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA, USA

Dimensions

13 (H) (inches)

Accession Number

1940.918AB

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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