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Child's Shoe Sole from the Last Chance Store, 14MO367
Date: 1857-1971
The sole to a small child's shoe was one of many artifacts recovered during the excavations at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove during the 2016 Kansas Archeological Training Program. The sole is 4.75" long, 1.75" at it's widest point and 1.1" at it's narrowest. This would be a Toddler's size 5 by today's standards. The Last Chance Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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Child's Shoe Sole from the Plaster House, 14GY307
Date: 1879-1899
This shoe sole was recovered from excavations at the Plaster House site, a dugout in Gray County. The sole is 4.25" long, 1.75" at it's widest point and 1.1" at its narrowest. This would be a child's size 4 by today's standards. The occupants of the dugout were most likely the family of Oliver and Anna Mitchell; Oliver Mitchell was described in his obituary as a horse rancher. Settlement in this area of Kansas mostly post-dated the construction of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad in 1872 and experienced a boom during with the construction of the Soule Canal in the mid-1880s.
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Man's black leather shoes
Creator: Regal
Date: between 1920 and 1940
Pair of man's black leather shoes with gray suede tops and mother-of-pearl buttons. These shoes were owned by Harry Endlich (1887-1983), who bought them at The Palace clothing store in Topeka, Kansas.
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Olympic track shoe
Creator: Karhu (Finland)
Date: 1952
Red and white leather track shoe made by Karhu, a Finnish sports equipment company. Brown leather outsole with black composition heel. Six metal spikes protrude from bottom layer of toe sole. Wes Santee, an American middle distance track runner from Ashland, Kansas, wore this shoe while competing at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Santee was a student at the University of Kansas at the time, and had held the world record in the mile race on multiple occasions when he competed at Helsinki.
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P.F. Flyer tennis shoes
Creator: B.F. Goodrich
Date: between 1950 and 1969
A pair of white canvas tennis shoes with rubber soles. The P.F. stands for the Posture Foundation insole (often referred to as the "magic wedge") patented by manufacturer B.F. Goodrich in 1933. By the 1960's P.F. Flyer was one of the most popular athletic shoes in the U.S.
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Woman's pumps
Creator: Selby
Date: between 1930 and 1945
Pair of woman's black suede, high-heeled pumps. The shoes are decorated with a subtle, perforated design, black patent leather trim, and a small bow. The shoes were made by the Selby Shoe Company as part of their "Styl-EEZ" line, which was popular in the 1940s. A mark in one shoe indicates that the style was made expressly for the John Braitsch Shoe Company of Wichita, Kansas. According to city directories, Braitsch operated a shoe store in Wichita as early as the 1870s.
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Woman's shoes
Creator: Grazia (Italy)
Date: between 1970 and 1979
Pair of Italian green vinyl high-heeled shoes with open toes. The shoes have slingback straps with metal buckles, and high blocky heels. Worn by Lucinda Bray in Kansas during the 1970s.
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