Pair of gray Capezio dance shoes worn by Cab Calloway

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

A pair of gray, Capezio, dance shoes worn by Cab Calloway. The exterior upper shoe and tongue are constructed with a dove gray canvas. There are worn patches on the canvas on both shoes mostly near the welts. There is also a worn patch along the top edge of the heel on the right shoe. The toe boxes are rounded. The shoes are double stitched around the outlines of the toe boxes and have a single seam down the center lines of the heels. The lace guards feature matching gray, metal eyelets that are strung with flat, white, string laces. The left shoelace is missing one aglet. The heels are constructed from stacked leather. The shoes’ soles are constructed from tan leather and have black scuff marks. Adhered to the sole on the left shoe is a round, green, fluorescent sticker with handwritten black ink text on it that reads [231].

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