Summary
Alternative names: sneakers, runners, tennis shoes
Pair of lace-up off-white sandshoes with canvas uppers and synthetic polymer soles, made by Sting-Ray. Worn by Alice McCabe, daughter of the donor, Honor Godfrey, when the family lived in Highett Street, Richmond, Melbourne.
Alice was born in London in 1984. Most of her shoes were purchased from shop, Betsy Pryam in Burke Road, and were relatively expensive at $50-$60 per pair. The donor was recommended to this supplier by a friend, since she was a stranger to Melbourne and Australia. She was conscious of the shoes being 'Australian' - they were not particularly what she would have chosen had they been living in England. The shoes were chosen both for their convenience and to match the colour of Alice's clothes. The donor decided to collect all of Alice's shoes over a period of several years.
Physical Description
Pair of lace-up off-white white sandshoes with canvas uppers and synthetic polymer soles and toe caps. Four pairs of eyelets; cream laces. Label stitched onto tongues.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Ms Honor Godfrey, Mar 1991
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Inscriptions
Printed heel, inner sole and tounge, blue and brown ink, "STING-RAY embossed sole, "13 CANVAS UPPER AND LINING / RUBBER SOLE MADE IN TAIWAN'; hand w ritten inner lining, black ink, "ALICE McCABE'; printed inner soles, blue ink, " ."CUSHIONED ARCH".
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overall dimensions
6 cm (Length), 7.5 cm (Width), 20 cm (Height)
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Exhibition Collection Management
200 mm (Length), 170 mm (Width), 70 mm (Height)
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