Boot
Object number2007.153.1 a,b
Manufacturer
Sebago; Silga
Date1996
MediumLeather; cotton; metal; ink
Credit LineGift of Martha Rial
DescriptionPair of black leather boots with black rubber soles. Circular metal eyelets with orange and black cotton shoelaces with plastic tips down front. Pressed stamp on outside of boot, near ankle. Inside leather orange.Dimensions8 x 4 x 10.75 in. (20.3 x 10.2 x 27.3 cm)MarksBlack ink stamp in back of tongue "8 M 51231 / 55 [sideways] 71-638".
Embossed rubber oval label and embossed word:
Ankle stamps: "[oval image] SEBAGO".
Sole labels: "[oval image] SEBAGO" and "SILGA".
Historical NotesPair of boots worn by photo-journalist Martha Rial when on assignment in the African nations of Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania, in 1996-1997 for the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette. Rial won the Pulitzer Prize for her photos of refugees of the Rwandan Civil War. A native of Murrysville, Pennsylvania, Martha Rial worked for the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette since 1994. She was a graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and Ohio University's School of Visual Communication. Rial won the Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography in 1998 after her three-week stay in central Africa, where she took unforgettable photographs of refugees; her photo journal of their extraordinary exodus is entitled, "Trek of Tears." Rial currently resides in Squirrel Hill.
Previous owner
Martha Rial
Related institution
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
(founded 1927)
Related institution
Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Related institution
Ohio University
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