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Shoehorn

Object number2015.85.2

Retailer Petty's Bootery

Datec. 1917

OriginPittsburgh, PA

MediumMetal

Credit LineGift of Donald E. Kobus

DescriptionSilver-tone metal shoehorn and button hook tool. Button hook folds back under shoehorn on a center pivot. Inscribed text on the concave side of the shoehorn has maker's mark and product information. Inscribed decorative scrollwork on front and back around pivot point. Inscribed patent date at base of button hook.DimensionsFolded: Height 1.188, Width 5.063, Depth 0.25;
Unfolded: Height 1.188, Width 2.75, Depth 0.563.
MarksInscribed text on the concave side of the shoehorn "PETTY'S BOOTERY / STETSON SHOES / FOR WOMEN / JENKINS ARCADE / PITTSBURGH, PA."

Inscribed text at base of shoehorn "Milady's / SHOE HORN".

Inscribed text at base of button hook "PAT. / 10-9-17".
Historical NotesFolding "Milady's" combination shoe horn and button hook tool from Petty's Bootery located in the Jenkins Arcade in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The store opened sometime around 1920 and was originally located at 212 Stanwix Street (which could also be in the Jenkins Arcade as the arcade was partially on Stanwix). It was exclusively a women's high end shoe shop. D. F. Petty owned and operated the store. They specialized in Stetson brand shoes. There had been a Stetson shoe store in the Arcade in the previous decade based on advertisements in the Saturday Evening Post.

Related person D. F. Petty

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