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The Solitary Oak (The Old Oak)
1844
1858.75
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Baby shoe
Object name
Baby shoe
Date
ca. 1898
Medium
Leather, cotton, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 2 1/2 x 2 x 4 5/8 in. ( 6.4 x 5.1 x 11.7 cm )
Description
Single black patent and purple leather baby shoe with cut-work foliate design at sides; brown leather sole; cotton lining; metal lacing holes with twisted black and brown laces.
Credit Line
Bequest of Adella "Tiby" Liebenow Wotherspoon
Object Number
2004.26.4
Gallery Label
This shoe had belonged to the then nearly six year old Helen Liebenow as a baby, sister of the donor, Adella Liebenow Wotherspoon, who was the last survivor of the General Slocum steamer disaster. On June 15, 1904, fire broke out on the ship and 1,021 passengers perished within minutes. Helen's body was never recovered from the disaster.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
