Visual Materials

Wales goodyear rubbers : best on Earth : and in water

Description: Image of river rapids and a waterfall with many small elves floating down and navigating through the water and down the falls in rubber shoes and boots.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1895
Call number: priJLC_FASH_001638
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress.

"Snag-proof" trademark : Lambertville rubber co. Lambertville, N.J

Visual Materials

Image of three rubber shoes and boots outdoors near a body of water surrounded by caricature little people or brownies of various professions and ethnicities, including an African tribesman, a Frenchman with a bomb, a chef, a musketeer, a fireman, an admiral, an American Indian, a robber with a drill, a lumberjack, a farmer with a pitchfork, a pair of sailors tugging a rope, a soldier with dynamite, and many more attempting to destroy or snag the rubber footwear with no success.

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Manuscripts

"1956 (Probably 1956 - trim[?] Dock's)":1956. Scenes from the June, 1956, outboard motor down run through the Grand Canyon: wave patterns - rapids - running rapids - upset - outboard motorboats and people - canyon and river scenes - man floating - wrecked motor - running up rapids - camp scenes - repairing boat - on Lake Mead - Deer Creek Fall. [entries: 1956 expedition; motorboats; Grand Canyon; Colorado River; rapidrunning; boat repairs; Lake Mead; Deer Creek Falls; accidents (boat); Garth Marston; Frank Masland; Marble Canyon; swimming rapids; Bill Beer; (J. Ballard Atherton?); (Hugh Cutler?); "Cactus"; boat repairs; "Rattlesnake"; Joseph Desloge; Deer Creek or Elves?]

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Boots shoes & rubbers for everybody. Geo. G. Alexander, dealer in ladies', gent's and misses' fine boots, shoes, slippers & rubbers

Visual Materials

Image of three different lace-up and button boots and shoes with scrolling banners for advertising text below.

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Subseries D. Footwear (large size)

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Subseries D. Footwear (small size)

Visual Materials

Includes printed materials advertising footwear sellers and manufacturers. Commonly advertised products include boots, shoes, and slippers for men, women, and children, as well as rubber footwear and related rubber companies. Items between 8 x 10 inches and 11 x 14 inches in size are housed in a folder listed at the end of this subseries (Box 1, Folder 3).

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Boots shoes & rubbers for everybody

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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Wales goodyear rubbers : best on Earth : and in water

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Boots shoes & rubbers for everybody. Geo. G. Alexander, dealer in ladies', gent's and misses' fine boots, shoes, slippers & rubbers

Subseries D. Footwear (large size)

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Boots shoes & rubbers for everybody