Gallery of Shoes

Baby Moccasins
Date unknown
Leather
These baby moccasins were handmade with leather and tiny beads. The Shoshone inhabited Cache Valley during the 19th Century.
040108.1.1 
Donor unknown

Child’s Leather Shoes
19th Century
Leather
These leather shoes have red lining and an embroidered design. The soles were stitched to the shoe leather by a shoemaker or a boot closer using cobbler’s thread.
060402.6.1, 060402.6.2
Donor unknown

Infant's Leather Shoes
Date unknown
Leather
These shoes are made with brown leather soles and uppers. The three straps are secured with glass buttons.
060402.8
Donor unknown

Child’s Black Leather Shoes
19th Century
Leather, metal
These shoes were made by Andreas Peterson & Sons of Logan.
060402.15.1, 060402.15.2
Donor unknown

Child’s Clogs
ca. 1902
Leather, wood
These English wood-soled shoes belonged to Frank H. Wyatt of Wellsville. Clogs were common in England throughout the 18th and 19th centuries because they were relatively inexpensive and kept feet dry in wet climates.
060402.3.1, 060402.3.2
Gift of Utah State University, 1995

Girl’s Leather Shoes with Bows
Date unknown
Leather, cardboard
These shoes are made with patent black leather attached to cardboard soles.
060402.5.1, 060402.5.2
Donor unknown

Child's Button-Up Boots
19th Century
Leather
The leather uppers on these boots were likely machine stitched.
060401.3
Donor unknown

Men’s Leather Shoes
19th Century
Leather, wood
These shoes were made by attaching leather to wooden soles with small nails called tacks. 
060401.5
Donor unknown

Women's Patterned Boots
Date unknown
Leather, suede
These black boots are made with a leather sole and toe, with a suede patterned upper and silk lining. Each boot has 12 buttons.
060401.7.2, 060401.7.2
Donor unknown

Button Hook
Date unknown
Metal
A button hook was used to button shoes and clothing. This tool was especially useful for buttoning women’s boots, which often had a large number of buttons.
060204.1
Donor unknown

Women's Brown Leather Boots
19th Century
Leather
These leather ladies' boots have 11 buttons on each side.
060401.3.2
Donor unknown

Wooden Shoes made from Native Quaking Aspen
19th Century
Wood
These shoes were owned by Nicholas Welch Crookston (1857-1932), who worked as a carpenter until 1880.
060401.1.1
Gift of Thomas Tarbet Camp (DUP), 1932