Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
1987.115 |
Object Identification Number |
1987.115.001a |
Object Name |
Boot |
Donor |
Laustsen, Mrs. Russell |
Description |
This is the proper left shoe in a pair of women's white leather boots. Its mate is 1987.115.001b. The boot buttons up on the proper left side. The boot has twelve buttons; each button is a small white circle with a raised, dark bump in the center. The gap between the seams at the toe cap and aorund the perimeter of the boot are decorated with punctured holes. The heel and sole are brown. The interior of the boot is lined with white fabric, except for the tongue with the buttonholes, which is reinforced with leather. Decorative blue stitching near the top in the interior. Several markings on the interior proper left. Below the decorative blue stitching, stamped in dark blue block lettering is: "425 75513 / HAMILTON BROWN / SHOE CO." The sole of the boot is brown. The outline of a maker's mark on the sole is detectable; but it is no longer legible. |
Dimensions |
H-8.125 W-3 L-8.5 inches |
Owned By |
J. P. Nielsen's Mercantile/Laustsen, William and Bernice |
Material |
leather/fabric/wood/metal/plastic |
Associated People |
Laustsen, William and Bernice |
Search Terms |
shoe boot women's shoe J. P. Nielsen's Mercantile Laustsen, William and Bernice |
Provenance |
According to a letter from the donor, her husband's parents, Bill and Bernice Laustsen, assumed ownership of these shoes, along with 20 other pairs of shoes, during a visit to Elk Horn. Apparently, the shoes had been stored for years in the attic of the J.P. Nielsen's Mercantile, and the attic was being cleaned out and the shoes were going to be thrown away. The donor believed the shoes were likely from the early 1900s. Two sets of shoelaces were included in the gift lot. The donor's husband, Russell "Rusty" Laustsen, used to live in Elk Horn on Union Street. His father, William Laustsen, was known as "Bill the Buttermaker." The family moved the West Coast in 1939, when Rusty was 14 years old. |
Images |
008\1987115001a.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
1987 |