Shoe Last
notes: label: Description
content: Shoe lasts are used in the manufacture and repair of shoes and serves as a mold for the work done both on the sole and the upper. Prior to mass manufacturing, business owners bought raw materials for shoes. Processed materials went to women in homes, who bound the shoe’s “uppers,” then to backyard shops (called “ten-footers”), where men “bottomed” them with soles. Finished shoes went back to the owners for shipping to merchants.
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Virginia Duval
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.53A03.08
label: catalog number
content: 53A03.08
label: accession number
content: 198620
objectType: label: Object Name
content: last, shoe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 3 in x 8 1/2 in; 4.445 cm x 7.62 cm x 21.59 cm