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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Old Shoes




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
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21 comments:

  1. aliceJanuary 28, 2009 at 2:36 AM

    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...
    Are your kids going to school today?

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  2. DaveJanuary 28, 2009 at 2:37 AM

    I enjoy seeing historical displays, particularly of my own ancestors Tanya. I enjoyed your museum photos too. - Dave

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  3. OlivierJanuary 28, 2009 at 3:00 AM

    je trouve que cela ressemble a des chaussures pour ballerine.
    I think it's like shoes for a ballerina.

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  4. DJanuary 28, 2009 at 7:03 AM

    Sounds like a place I'd love to visit too! Can you imagine trying to keep those shoes clean back then?

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  5. brattcatJanuary 28, 2009 at 7:41 AM

    I 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.

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 28, 2009 at 7:41 AM

    They are in such great condition... they must have hopped over every mud puddle in town to stay that clean.

    Di
    The Blue Ridge Gal

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  7. UnknownJanuary 28, 2009 at 8:23 AM

    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!) :-)

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  8. Tanya BreeseJanuary 28, 2009 at 8:24 AM

    Alice, the kids have school today but it's a 2 hour delay so they are still sleeping in :)
    I'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 :)

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  9. Tanya BreeseJanuary 28, 2009 at 8:25 AM

    How neat JM!

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  10. Gigi AnnJanuary 28, 2009 at 8:45 AM

    Those 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.

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  11. LoisJanuary 28, 2009 at 10:04 AM

    I really love this kind of stuff!

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  12. angelaJanuary 28, 2009 at 11:21 AM

    I just can't imagine how hard life must have been then...keeping these clean and they can't have been easy to walk in.

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  13. Debbie Courson SmithJanuary 28, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    I can't imagine how those shoes were kept so clean.

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  14. Jim KlenkeJanuary 28, 2009 at 12:14 PM

    They look in better shape than some of the ones in my closet. I love to see history up close, great picture.

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  15. GeorgeJanuary 28, 2009 at 2:01 PM

    I 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.

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  16. HalcyonJanuary 28, 2009 at 3:40 PM

    Footwear has come a long way!

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  17. Kris McCrackenJanuary 28, 2009 at 7:11 PM

    Not a lot of ancle protection there...

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  18. PeterParisJanuary 28, 2009 at 8:31 PM

    I 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!

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  19. gogouciJanuary 28, 2009 at 9:57 PM

    I love museums. The shoes look they'd be great to slide across hardwood floors with.

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  20. tr3ntaJanuary 29, 2009 at 5:10 AM

    very, very old...

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  21. JanetFebruary 2, 2009 at 5:25 PM

    I love museums too, and I'm glad we don't have to wear shoes such as these!

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