Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Baby shoe
Object name
Baby shoe
Date
ca. 1900
Medium
Leather, cotton, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 7 x 4.8 x 10.8 cm )
Description
Single pink leather baby shoe with pink cotton lining and leather sole; metal lacing holes at sides.
Credit Line
Bequest of Adella "Tiby" Liebenow Wotherspoon
Object Number
2004.26.3
Gallery Label
This shoe had belonged to the then nearly four year old Anna 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. Anna's body was recovered in the East River several days after the disaster.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
