38 CATALOGUE. 



LEATHER AND SHOE TRADES BUILDING. 



New England Shoe and Leather Department. 



EXHIBIT MADE BY ESSEX INSTITUTE AT REQUEST OF 

 ME. CLINTON COLLIER, SUPT. 



First shoe pegged by machinery. 



First patent granted a shoe pegging machine given Mar. 8, 1833, to Samuel Pres- 

 ton, Danvera, Mass. This machine was arranged to put two rows of pegs upon 

 each side of the shoe at the same time. It did not come into general use but the 

 principle involved is found in all later machines. 



Shoe and patten, made in London 1780 and worn in 

 Salem soon after. 



Shoe worn by a Salem belle at a Salem party about 

 1800. 



Pair of slippers made in Salem in 1824. 



Slippers, French style, purchased in Salem, 1819. 



Patten, used before the introduction of rubber over- 

 shoes. 



Infant's shoe, 1756. 



Shoe worn by boy on Salem streets at a date prior to 

 the Revolution. 



Shoe worn by children of the present generation in min- 

 ing district, Lancashire, England. Loaned by the Peabody 

 Academy of Science. 



Pocket book made and used in Salem prior to 1730. 



