Purple shoe tree

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A purple shoe tree with a wooden toe and heel connected by a metal spring bar. The toe and heel are painted purple, and the bar is inserted into each piece of wood. The toe has a flat underside, and the heel has a flat edge. Unrecognizable characters are written across the toe and the heel. There is no label.

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