| Rare and simply wonderful, 1916, Card Mount Photograph of a fantastic Trade Sign in the form of a Giant Shoe with the men who made it in Peoria, Illinois. This outstanding, original Photograph measures approx. 6 7/8" x 4 3/4" and is mounted on its original Card Mount (overall size of mount is 9 3/4” x 7 3/4”). The mount is signed by the photographer - Erter Studio of Peoria, Illinois.
The Photo depicts three men standing around a simply fantastic GIANT Shoe. At first we were quite perplexed as to just what was going on in this Photograph. The Shoe has a Trade Mark just above the heel but we could not discover a Shoe Company of that name in or around Peoria. Our research, however took us in another direction entirely when we found the following article in a 1916 Popular Science Magazine:
A Giant Metal Shoe
“A PERFECT shoe more than fifteen times as large as the ordinary man's shoe, and weighing five hundred pounds has just been made by a manufacturer of Peoria, 111., to be used as a part of an advertising sign. This giant shoe, fifteen times as large as an ordinary shoe, is complete in every detail, even to the eyelets and heel strap. The shoe is made entirely of sheet metal and is seven feet six inches in height, fourteen feet long and four feet eight inches across the sole. It is complete in every detail, even to the eyelets and the strap for pulling it on, and is a perfect, magnified counterpart of the small shoe after which it was patterned”
We still are not sure who made the Shoe (the Trade Mark appears to include the letters “W.C. Co.” and the word “Crescent” but we do know when and why it was made!!
This wonderful, original, 1916 Card Mount Photograph of a Massive, Figural Trade Sign is in excellent condition. The Photo itself is clean and crisp with sharp focus, strong contrast and rich tonality. Both the Photo and the Card Mount are clean and crisp and without physical damage. A rare and wonderful, ca1916, Card Mount Photograph of a VERY large, Shoe Shaped, Figural Trade Sign and a fantastic addition to any collection!!
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