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Title
V&A Bootery store
Creator
Morgan, Ward C., 1907-1997, photographer

Institution
Western Michigan University

Subject
Shoe stores

Subject
Display of merchandise

Subject
Shelving (furniture)

Item Number
LA01g035

Relation
6 photos in event - 9569

Type
image

Format
jpeg

Description
Business Scenes. Interior of V&A Bootery storage and fitting area. Includes rows of shoeboxes on Borroughs shelving units, featuring Hush Puppies, Florsheim, Winthrop, Buster Brown, among others. Also includes row of back-to-back chairs with stools and foot-measuring devices, table with clearance shoes, Buster Brown display figure with boy and squirrel, sock rack, and tinned ceiling. Client: Borroughs Manufacturing Company, Kalamazoo, MI (Photographic Negative)

V&A Bootery store

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