Edwin C. Burt, fine shoes – Historic Print
![Edwin C. Burt, fine shoes, [1881 or 1882] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/18/18be469a8c58-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare antique lithograph captures Edwin C. Burt, fine shoes in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Edwin C. Burt, fine shoes
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Children at play with sailboats fill this color trade card, which was meant to sell Edwin C. Burt's fine shoes rather than to hang on a wall. Printers produced cards like this in large runs around 1881 or 1882, and merchants handed them to customers or slipped them into packages, so many were pasted into scrapbooks and kept at home. Burt's advertising tied his footwear to comfortable, respectable family life through lively scenes of childhood. The card shows how Victorian shoe sellers reached parents by pairing their goods with images of play and leisure.
| Created / published | [1881 or 1882] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1880-1890.Trade cards 1880-1890.Lithographs Color 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Samuel Rosenberg Collection. |
| Subjects | Children--1880-1890. Shoes--1880-1890. Sailboats--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,444 × 1,155 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219285 |
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