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https://library.loganutah.org/quickimages/Research%20_Learn/LocalHistory/Maps/Birds_Eye_Full.jpg A bird's-eye view of Logan City in 1875

Shoemakers used this tool to punch out shapes in pieces of leather, particularly for the ends of small straps.

Gift of V. Kaye Nelson

Isabelle Davidson McAllister (1855-?) was the daughter of Thomas Davidson, likely the first shoemaker of Logan, Utah.

These moccasins are made with natural leather and decorated with green, blue, and pink beads.

Bootmakers H. Hamp and A. Peterson run a shoe shop in Logan, Utah.

These buttons were made and mounted by Henry Worley (1827-1924), an early Cache Valley settler. 19th-century shoe and clothing buttons were made of porcelain or ceramic and covered with cloth.

Gift of Martha W. Wahlen

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.

This cast iron shoe last belonged to Charles Hills Baker (1845-1929). The last would have been placed upside-down on a lasting stand to make or repair a left shoe.

Gift of V. Kaye Nelson

This cast iron shoe form, marked “Warranted 16,” belonged to Charles Hills Baker (1845-1929). Cast iron lasts were common during the Industrial Era in Europe because it retained its shape well when wet leather was stretched over it.

Gift of V.…

Photograph of Charles and Lydia Baker