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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 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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