Solar Tip Shoes Antique Victorian Tradecard, c 1881 green stitched together at the sides

stitched together at the sides

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I recently found this charming tiny Wabanaki basket

Really terrific

the Art Institute owns Leighton's full series of twelve "New England Industries" prints

Solar Tip Shoes Antique Victorian Tradecard, c 1881 green stitched together at the sidesI just love the graphics on this John Mundell & Co antique trade card for its "Solar Tip Shoes" patented in 1878 and at the time this card was produced "now used for more than three years" including by all "eleven hundred students at Girard College, Philadelphia, PA" and delivering "entire satisfaction usually mended twice, often four times, before they are worn out." I'm not quite sure what is "solar" about the tip, but I really love the peekaboo