R & A Petrilla, Booksellers

Goodyear Welted Shoes

[palm card] "THEY ALL WEAR THEM". These Goodyear Welted Shoes are Manufactured by H.S. Robinson & Burtenshaw, 63 & 65 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich.

Detroit, MI: Robinson & Burtenshaw, circa 1880s. Original document. The face of this palm card, printed in blue, shows two women in Victorian dress, approaching a third woman who greets them from her porch. The verso contains promotional text, in part: "...Bridget heard one of the visitors say that her husband had sent her one of Worth's dresses from Paris, which cosst seven hundred and fifty dollars....She had found more worth and real comfort in one pair of Goodyear Welted Shoes...." 3.25" x 5.25" Fine. Item #039461

Price: $25.00