Object Details
- Description
- 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.
- Credit Line
- Virginia Duval
- ID Number
- AG.53A03.08
- catalog number
- 53A03.08
- accession number
- 198620
- Object Name
- last, shoe
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 3/4 in x 3 in x 8 1/2 in; 4.445 cm x 7.62 cm x 21.59 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- Industry & Manufacturing
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_862228
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-ba57-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
