Pair of nurse's shoes worn by Pauline Brown Payne

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Object Details

Manufactured by

Unidentified

Worn by

Pauline Brown Payne, American

Description

White pair of shoes fastened with white laces in a wingtip style. Shoes covered in white shoe polish. Shoes have a slight heal with sole guards added. The heals have the brand name in the center [WINGFOOT/GOODYEAR].

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pauline Brown Payne

Date

1944

Object number

2013.90.2.3ab

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Type

shoes (footwear)

Medium

leather metal cloth

Dimensions

2013.90.2.3a: 4 × 3 1/2 × 10 1/8 in. (10.2 × 8.9 × 25.7 cm)

2013.90.2.3b: 4 × 3 1/2 × 10 in. (10.2 × 8.9 × 25.4 cm)

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Exhibition

Making a Way Out of No Way

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Clothing and dress

Education

Labor

Medicine

Nursing

Women

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50153924a-93c1-464b-b671-312dd8c9b35b

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.90.2.3ab