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Edwin C. Burt's fine shoes

Description: Image of a group of men, women, and children indoors trying on new shoes; shoe boxes visible on the table and along the floor; woman in long ruffled dress with bustle at left is assisted in putting on shoes while holding a baby; girl in center with knee-length ruffled dress shows off her new button boots; boy at right in blue suit puts yellow shoes on the dog; kitten visible in shoe on the table.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1874
Call number: priJLC_FASH_001673
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance

S. D. Sollers & Co. manufacturers of children's fine shoes Philadelphia

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Image of six children indoors building a tower with a stack of oversized shoes and shoe boxes advertising S.D. Sollers & Company's children's shoes; fashion details include jackets, collared shirts, breeches, and hose for boys, knee-length full skirts with lace, ribbons, ruffles, hose, and fitted bodices for girls; accessories include gloves, shawl, hair ribbons, feathered hats, small handbag, cane, and heeled boots with buttons and scalloped trim.

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Our suspenders are made with improved ends, and celebrated for their beauty of finish & durability of material

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Image of a man brushing his hair in front of a mirrored dresser with a woman dressed in a ruffled dress with bustle helping him dress by fastening his suspenders; interlocking "WB&C" monogram at bottom center for West, Bradley & Cary Manufacturing Company.

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No. 524 Le bon ton et le moniteur de la mode united

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Image of a fashion plate featuring a dress with a woman standing in profile and a smaller rear view of the same dress; fashion details include a deep ruffled hem, long A-line skirt, tailored bodice, puffed shoulder, ruffled sleeves, high lace collar, accessories include gloves, pointed-toe shoes, and flowered hat with lace.

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The price tells, and everybody tells the price the [world] over. James Focht, is the place to buy

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Image of a woman carrying a parasol/umbrella and wearing a floral hat and an elaborate dress with jacket bodice, overskirt with lace and bow detail, and long gathered skirt with bustle, ruffled hem and floral detailing; smaller image above of Atlas carrying the globe on his shoulders.

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Standard screw fastened the only boots & shoes real screwed : from A.F. Cox & Son, Portland, Me. forsale [sic] here

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Image of a group of men and women playing a game of tennis with racquets over a net on a lawn in a large central oval frame advertising screw-fastened footwear; one woman's shoe has torn open at the toe, and a man offers her a new pair of buttoned boots to replace them with; fashion details include patterned sporting suits and caps for men and tailored jacket bodices with long full skirts and ruffled hems for women; men's and women's boots and shoes pictured on either side of main image, and decorative scroll designs and circular frames with text in each bottom corner.

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Established 1856 fashion plate 1878 Henry Arthur manufacturer of boot & shoe uppers

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Image of a variety of shoe, boot, and gaiter styles for men and women with name and number key text below each shoe style; vignettes to the left and right portray a woman seated in an armchair being helped into her button boots by a lady's maid, and a seated man putting on shoes with the help of an African American servant; image of Henry Arthur's business building and storefront at center of print advertising "leather & findings boot & shoe uppers."

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Edwin C. Burt's fine shoes

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