Children's Shoes

Description:

These leather children’s shoes around 1895. The shoes had a single button clasp around the ankle, and triangular broguing at the toecap. Clothing finishing at the edges and around the strap add a level of comfort.

Date Made: 1890-1900

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Costume, Clothing & Accessories, American Enterprise

Exhibition: American Enterprise

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis F. Bond, Jr.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: CS.288748.003Catalog Number: 288748.003Accession Number: 288748

Object Name: shoes, pair ofOther Terms: shoes, pair of; Footwear; Accessories Worn on the Body; Child

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-7573-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_364567

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