Child's boot
Startrite
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1940 - circa 1950
Materials
Leather
Measurements
90 mm (height); 60 mm (width); 155 mm (length)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671132.1
Caption
Child's boots meant to help those with 'weak' ankles.
Summary
One of a pair of child's 'Start-rite' boots worn by the donor in the 1940s. They are made from brown leather, lined with cotton, to which is stitched the maker's label. They have leather soles nailed on with small metal nails. There are five pairs of eyelet holes, but no laces. This is the right boot of the pair.
Provenance
Owned and worn by the donor in the 1940s, and donated to the Museum of Childhood by Wendy Wilson on 8th May 2012.
Marks and inscriptions
Inside lining of the boot ankle, in brown: 'START-RITE'
Makers and roles
Startrite , maker