Shoe repair sign

NameSign

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datelate 19th-early 20th century

Place madeUnited States, North America

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions40 3/4 × 23 5/8 × 2 9/16 in. (103.5 × 60 × 6.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Joan Pearson Watkins Revocable Trust, A.2017.6.14

Object numberA.2017.6.14

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionLarge wooden sign for boot repair. Front of the sign has a dark wooden border and a tan ground. In the center is a large image of a boot. Most of the boot is black except for the top edge which is painted red. Under the boot is the word SERVICE painted in black, block lettering, with the three dimensional parts of the letters in red.