Solar Tip Shoes Antique Victorian Tradecard, c 1881 green which are amplifying my desire

which are amplifying my desire for a wonderful old wooden desk across the surface of which I'd spread out all manner of vintage desk accessories

Really terrific

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Solar Tip Shoes Antique Victorian Tradecard, c 1881 green which are amplifying my desireI just love the graphics on this John Mundell & Co antique trade card for its "Solar Tip Shoes" patented in 1878 and at the time this card was produced "now used for more than three years" including by all "eleven hundred students at Girard College, Philadelphia, PA" and delivering "entire satisfaction usually mended twice, often four times, before they are worn out." I'm not quite sure what is "solar" about the tip, but I really love the peekaboo