Catalogue 1896 and 1897
A trade catalogue issued in 1896 by the Boston Rubber Shoe Company, offering footwear to retail buyers and customers in the United States. Its pictures are plain black-and-white line-and-tone drawings of men's boots and shoes, shown in side profile with simple shading on the leather, cloth tops and rubber soles. A designer could take from them the clean silhouettes of Victorian-era shoe shapes, such as the Congress-style slip-on, the chukka boot and the low heeled ankle boot.
