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1820-1830
GUSN-42103
Pair brown shoes; lined with linen; round toe with low tongue (for buckle?); holes and straw on soles, worn in barn yard; low heel.
shoes (footwear)
footwear
leather
handmade
SHOE
Walk Right In 11/98 3/99 Evidence of heavy wear and straw and mud embedded in the soles of these work shoes tell us that they were worn on a farm. Their large size suggests that they were worn by a man, but they may have also been worn by a woman as overshoes.
B3157
1988.180
Unknown
Museum Accession
1988.180AB
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