Traditional Swedish Wooden Clog
notes: label: Description
content: Traditional Swedish wooden clogs are made out of poplar or willow wood and are part of the national dress of Sweden. Though little is known about this specific shoe, it likely was made and worn in Maine. Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, 1.3 million Swedes left Sweden for the United States, bringing their national dress and cultural customs to America. Several railroads had agents in Sweden and offered package deals to transport family, their luggage, and farming equipment across the United States, providing additional financing to purchase land via installments. As a result, Swedish communities spread across the United States with heavy concentrations in the mid-west and across the Great Plains.
place: label: location where used
content: United States: Maine
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition
content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.3054.025
label: nonaccession number
content: 2014.3054
label: catalog number
content: 2014.3054.025
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shoe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tanned (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in x 12 in; 8.255 cm x 11.43 cm x 30.48 cm