Robert E Shipp Quality Shoe Store Motuhora shoehorn

Description
Shoehorn/boot button hook: Small, metal, engraved 'Robert E Shipp Quality Shoe Store Motuhora'. Hook folds back behind the horn via a circular hinge. Item formerly belonged to donor's paternal grandmother whose brother (Llewellyn, aka Len, Ernest Kite) worked on the railways as relief work during the Depression of the 1930s. Robert Shipp: Papers Past, N Z Truth, 25 Nov1926, states he had been a retailer there for 13 years.
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Description
Shoehorn/boot button hook: Small, metal, engraved 'Robert E Shipp Quality Shoe Store Motuhora'. Hook folds back behind the horn via a circular hinge. Item formerly belonged to donor's paternal grandmother whose brother (Llewellyn, aka Len, Ernest Kite) worked on the railways as relief work during the Depression of the 1930s. Robert Shipp: Papers Past, N Z Truth, 25 Nov1926, states he had been a retailer there for 13 years.
Production date
1920-1930
Measurements
Dimensions: 130 x 33mm: 0 - Whole
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Subject categories
Trade and commerce
Fashion accessories
Department
Social History - Puna Pāpori
ID number
15890

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