1895 - 1900 Chinese American Man's Slippers
date: label: date made
content: ca 1896
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Mr. Lee only wore these slippers in his home or with his traditional Chinese clothes on special occasions. The slipper sole was thick, flat, inelastic, and shorter than the upper sole to give enough spring for walking.
label: Description (Brief)
content: For much of his early life, the Chinese New Year was Lee’s only day of rest from the Quong Yuen Shing & Co. general store and a time when he might wear these slippers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
label: worn
content: United States: New York, Manhattan, Chinatown
topic: label: referenced
content: Immigration
label: referenced
content: Immigrants
label: used
content: Chinese Americans
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Chinese American
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Mead, Virginia Lee. Lee Chinese -American Family Papers, ca. 1915-1970
label: Related Web Publication
content: https://sova.si.edu/record/nmah.ac.0555
label: Related Publication
content: Mead, Virginia Lee. Photograph, Mr. Lee B. Lok at his store
label: Related Web Publication
content: https://sova.si.edu/record/nmah.ac.0555/ref532
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of James Edgar Mead and Virginia Lee Mead
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0620.27.a-b
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0620.27.a-b
label: accession number
content: 1992.0620
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0620.27a-b
objectType: label: Object Name
content: slippers, pair of, man's
label: Object Type
content: Man
label: Object Type
content: Slippers
label: Object Type
content: Footwear
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: satin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 3 in x 2 3/4 in; 23.495 cm x 7.62 cm x 6.985 cm