Salesman Sample Shoe and Boot Collection, with Boxes, as Found patinated brass ) The small basket is

) The small basket is a thimble holder

with a socket for one on one side and a smooth stub on the other

When I found them

but one would never miss it

but I really love this slightly imperfect grid of young faces

Salesman Sample Shoe and Boot Collection, with Boxes, as Found patinated brass ) The small basket isFelt like Christmas finding the whole lot of these together the other day at an antiques shop on the New Hampshire coast. I think the two pairs of rubber boots and three pairs of galoshes are the oldest of the lot, with the tall rubber boots, and one pair of galoshes marked Candee, which places them late 19th early 20th century. Then an array of hard plastic mens dress shoes in a spectrum of colors and with a variety of labels, some pairs and some