Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
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 in each corner portray various scenes from daily life including a young woman watering plants, a girl feeding birds, an organ grinder with a monkey in costume, and two children sledding down a snowy hill near a woman carrying baskets on her head; image of Henry Arthur's business building and storefront at center of print advertising "leather & findings boot & shoe uppers."
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Visual Materials
Image of a variety of shoe, boot, and gaiter styles interspersed with several cartoons and vignettes surrounding a larger center cartoon of men and women caricatures fishing for various "Centennial wants" in the crowd below; cartoons include African American, Chinese, American Indian, and Hindi men; name and number key text below each shoe style; image of Henry Arthur's business building and storefront in New York City at top center of print advertising "leather findings wholesale & retail."
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Image of the text of a boot, shoe and rubber price list from January 1870 for Homer & Winch Brothers of Boston, Massachusetts; list also advertises blackings, shoe lacings, and gaiters.
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Image of a horse-drawn vehicle in the shape of a very large boot full to the top of various styles of shoes and boots; vehicle is being driven by a man with a top hat and a very large whip and pulled by two horses.
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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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Visual Materials
Image of S.B. Abeles' clothier storefront with a line of people walking in on the left looking shabby with a banner that reads "We are going to be clothed," and walking out on the right with a banner that reads "How do we look now?" looking well-dressed in tailored jackets, overcoats, waistcoats and trousers; rack featuring several styles of hats and three different lace-up and button boots and shoes pictured above the main storefront image.
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