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Custom Cowboy Boots: The Kansas Story

The high-heeled, below the knee, custom-made cowboy boot took form in post-Civil War Kansas, where cowboys bought their boots after collecting their pay at the end of the Chisholm Trail. Bootmakers in Kansas cowtowns responded to this market with footwear customized to the cowboy's individual foot and tastes. This exhibit focuses on contemporary custom bootmakers in Kansas who are working within a long-standing tradition. Actual work by Kansas bootmakers is included. Produced by the Kansas Historical Society with partial funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Handling Fee: $25

Exhibit Format: Wall hung; 30 photographic panels measuring 16"x20" and 5 free-standing exhibit cases. Exhibit poster [borrowers receive 5 free copies while supplies last]

Shipping: (11) wooden crates measuring approximately 41"x27"x27" and total shipping weight of 1,460 lbs.

Jim Hoy, Emporia State University, "Boots & Stetsons: The Kansas Cowboy "

Exhibit Catalog, Cowboy Boots: The Kansas Story, available for purchase

History Resource Packet, Cattle Towns available for purchase

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