Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
This classic pair of short boots with a stitched line across the toe are known as "cap toe boots." The popular style faded from mainstream fashion during the 1930s but not completely. In the early 21st century, the style is sometimes paired with suits and formalwear.
Pulitzer Prize winning Maine poet Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935) owned this pair, made by New York’s "Whitehouse & Hardy."
About This Item
- Title: Edwin Arlington Robinson's cap toes boots, ca. 1925
- Creation Date: circa 1925
- Subject Date: circa 1925
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Locations:
- Gardiner, Kennebec County, ME
- NY
- Media: leather, rubber
- Local Code: 1996.342.5
- Collection: Costume collection
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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