Salesman Sample Shoe and Boot Collection, with Boxes, as Found handpainted japanese tea tin perhaps with a plane ticket

perhaps with a plane ticket rolled up inside

really beautiful and super special feeling

this box is pure delight

with some ingrained dirt but no tears or folds that I see

There's a little blue thread on its back I didn't notice when I was shooting it--and which has since been removed

Salesman Sample Shoe and Boot Collection, with Boxes, as Found handpainted japanese tea tin perhaps with a plane ticketFelt 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