CATALOGUE, 



LEATHER AND SHOE TRADES BUILDING. 



Neio England Slioe and Leather Department. 



EXIIIBIT MADE BY ESSEX INSTITUTE AT REQUEST OF 

 MR. CLINTON COLLIER, SUPT. 



First shoe peg^ed by niachinery. 



Fii&t pMtent granted :i shoe i)egging machine given Mar. 8, 1833, to Samuel Pres- 

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

 each side of the shoe at the sanie time, It (iid not come into general use but the 

 principle iuvolved 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 betöre 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 geiieration in min- 

 ing district, Lancashire, England. Loaned l)y the Peabody 

 Academy of Science. 



Pocket book made and used in Salem prior to 1730. 



