Ad for Ladies' Base Ball Walking Shoes (1880)
While doing research for my book, Bloomer Girls: Women Baseball Pioneers (publ. Feb 2017), I came across this: The Bangor Daily Whig and Courier ran an ad for a shoe store prominently featuring “Ladies Base Ball Walking Shoes.” The illustration was of a boot. The ad further noted the shoes were “Grand thing for the Sea-Shore.” Not sure if it is related to Spalding's boot but I thought you might be interested.
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