Shoes, worn by Johnny Puleo
name: label: maker
content: Florsheim
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This pair of shoes was made by Florsheim, undetermined date. They are an Oxford lace-up style made of black leather. The left shoe is built up on bottom. The right show has no heel.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This pair of shoes was previously owned and worn by Johnny Puleo (1907-1983), an American harmonica player and actor. Puleo got his big break after performing at a contest held by harmonica player and actor, Borrah Minevitch (born Boruch Meinewitz, 1902-1955), and leader of the group The Harmonica Rascals. After Minevitch’s death in 1955, Puleo formed his own group, The Harmonica Gang. The group performed throughout the world and made several recordings during their association. Puleo appeared in several television programs and films.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Harmonicas
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Josephine M. DeRosa and Louise H. Puleo
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0264.05
label: accession number
content: 1991.0264
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0264.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shoes, pair of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 9 in x 10 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 22.86 cm x 26.67 cm
label: Measurements
content: right shoe: 3 3/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 8.5725 cm x 8.89 cm x 26.67 cm
label: Measurements
content: left shoe: 3 1/2 in x 3 9/16 in x 10 1/4 in; 8.89 cm x 9.04875 cm x 26.035 cm