A couple months ago we toured the Botetourt Historical Museum. I can spend hours in these museums, studying every piece. These old shoes are circa 1700's. If I remember correctly, every piece in the museum was donated by families of early settlers. You can take a virtual tour of the museum HERE
I'm sure you've spent a very good and interesting moment in this place! It reminds me of a little museum I saw in a tiny town of Québec, so many pieces of old daily life...
ReplyDeleteAre your kids going to school today?
I enjoy seeing historical displays, particularly of my own ancestors Tanya. I enjoyed your museum photos too. - Dave
ReplyDeleteje trouve que cela ressemble a des chaussures pour ballerine.
ReplyDeleteI think it's like shoes for a ballerina.
Sounds like a place I'd love to visit too! Can you imagine trying to keep those shoes clean back then?
ReplyDeleteI thought, too, at first glance, that these were toe shoes. Probably because of the silk. Your photograph is beautiful, Tanya, and your accompanying text so interesting.
ReplyDeleteThey are in such great condition... they must have hopped over every mud puddle in town to stay that clean.
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The Blue Ridge Gal
These are great! I still remember seeing old shoe buttoners at my grandmother's (and many other fantastic objects I had no idea what they have been made for!) :-)
ReplyDeleteAlice, the kids have school today but it's a 2 hour delay so they are still sleeping in :)
ReplyDeleteI'm wanting to someday get to Quebec. My paternal ancestors settled there from France and I'd love to see some of the areas I've been reading about!
Thanks Alice, Dave, Olivier, D, Brattcat and Di for stopping over and yes, they do look like little ballet shoes :)
How neat JM!
ReplyDeleteThose are some interestingly looking shoes. They must have been their dress-up shoes, they don't look like work shoes. Lovely post, old museums are fun to tour.
ReplyDeleteI really love this kind of stuff!
ReplyDeleteI just can't imagine how hard life must have been then...keeping these clean and they can't have been easy to walk in.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine how those shoes were kept so clean.
ReplyDeleteThey look in better shape than some of the ones in my closet. I love to see history up close, great picture.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy visiting historical museums, so I thank you for bringing Botetourt Historical Museum to my attention. I think it's neat that the items in the museum were donated by the families of the early settlers.
ReplyDeleteFootwear has come a long way!
ReplyDeleteNot a lot of ancle protection there...
ReplyDeleteI also wonder how you could wear such shoes those days, with no clean pavements? For inside use only? They look really very nice and elegant!
ReplyDeleteI love museums. The shoes look they'd be great to slide across hardwood floors with.
ReplyDeletevery, very old...
ReplyDeleteI love museums too, and I'm glad we don't have to wear shoes such as these!
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