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Object number2010.98.28 a-c

Designer Margaret Jerrold

Date1996-2000

Mediumleather; various metal

Credit LineGift of Children of the Baker-Knoll family

DescriptionPair of women's red leather pumps and matching red handbag featuing image of a donkey wearing a suit.Dimensions(a,b) H: 3.625 ; W: 3.125 ; L: 10.25
(c) H: 27.625 ; W: 3 ; 9.25

Inscriptions(a,b)
On outer outsole is cut-out text, "ELECTiON [sic] 96"; the tail of the "9" and the top of the "6" have been colored in with a red marker, creating a "00".

(c)
Cut-out text above image, "ELECTION 96"; the tail of the 9 and the top of the 6 have been removed and colored in with a red marker, creating a "00".
Marks(a,b)
Printed on inner sole, "7 1/2 M".

Label on inner shank "Margaret Jerrold".
Historical NotesShoe and handbag ensemble worn by Lt. Governor Catherine Baker Knoll during the 1996 election, and used again for the 2000 election. Part of a collection relating to the life and political career of Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll. Born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Catherine Baker Knoll worked in the family business, Knoll Hotel and Restaurant, developing her people skills and beginning her political activism. In 1970, she became a state committee woman for the Democratic Party, then rose through the ranks of the state's Department of Transportation Bureau of Motor Vehicles. She was tapped by the party in 1976, to run for State Treasurer, but did not get elected to office until 1988. She easily won a second term in 1992, by a landslide vote. In 2002, she was elected as the state's first female Lieutenant Governor.

Previous owner Catherine Baker Knoll (1930 - 2008)

Related institution Democratic Party

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