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Boot-pattern ; Boot-shank machine ; Boot-stretcher ; Boot-tree

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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Shoes -- Manufacture

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Boot-pattern ; Boot-shank machine ; Boot-stretcher ; Boot-tree

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Title
Boot-pattern ; Boot-shank machine ; Boot-stretcher ; Boot-tree
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Shoes -- Manufacture

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1884
Topics
Equipment
Machinery
Shoe machinery
Shoe industry
Shoemaking
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Written on border: "1880" Figures numbered 803 to 806. Printed on border: "337" "Boot-pattern. A templet made up of plates which have an adjustment on one another, so as to be expanded or contracted to any given dimensions within the usual limits of boot sizes." "Boot-shank machine. A tool for drawing the leather of the upper or boot-leg over the last into the hollow of the shank." "Boot-stretcher. (Leather.) A device for stretching the uppers of boots and shoes." "Boot-tree. An instrument composed of two wooden blocks, constituting a front and a rear portion, which together form the shape of the leg and foot, and which are driven apart by a wedge introduced between them to stretch the boot." Includes additional text.
Source note: Knights new mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes, and engineering. (Boston : Houghton, 1884) Knight, Edward Henry (1824-1883), Author.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 26 x 16 cm. (10 x 6 1/4 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17212505
Barcode: 33333159386016
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 36899100-c563-012f-83b9-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1884: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The New York Public Library. "Boot-pattern ; Boot-shank machine ; Boot-stretcher ; Boot-tree" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1884. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-333d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The New York Public Library. "Boot-pattern ; Boot-shank machine ; Boot-stretcher ; Boot-tree" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 13, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-333d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The New York Public Library. (1884). Boot-pattern ; Boot-shank machine ; Boot-stretcher ; Boot-tree Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-333d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-333d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) Boot-pattern ; Boot-shank machine ; Boot-stretcher ; Boot-tree, (1884) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=May 13, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Boot-pattern ; Boot-shank machine ; Boot-stretcher ; Boot-tree