Marsha,

You might try Red Wing Shoe Company: 1-800-733-9464, [log in to unmask]  (314 Main Street, Red Wing MN 55066).

Allen Dart
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From: Marsha King <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 2007/10/05 Fri AM 10:13:33 MDT
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Query re: steel-toed boots (child sized)

Fellow HISTARCHers,

I have been asked to try to quickly (within the next 20 minutes) find a
date when steel-toed boots began to be manufactured. So far my quick
Google search has not come up with anything but modern boot sales.

Does anyone happen to know when steel-toed boots hit the market?

As a bit of background, apparently a high school class from the towns of
Perry & Lecompton in NE Kansas found a child-sized steel-toed boot no a
sand bar in the Kansas River.  They want to know (approximately) how old
it is.  Unfortunately, the best person locally to answer this question
is off-work with a medical issue.

Can anyone help, or do we need to admit to not knowing?

Marsha


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Marsha K. King, Archeologist II
Environmental Services Section, Bureau of Design
Kansas Department of Transportation
Eisenhower State Office Building, 700 SW Harrison St.
Topeka, KS   66603-3745
Phone - 785-296-8414   Fax - 785-296-8399
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