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Slippers, Worn by Bertha Kuss on Her Wedding Day, 1889
Montgomery Ward1889
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
When Bertha Thelenius of Cape Girardeau, Missouri was planning her outfit for her October 1889 wedding to Charles Kuss, she purchased these slippers from Montgomery Ward & Company. In 1872, Montgomery Ward had launched what would become the first general mail order company in America. Customers like Bertha could choose from a wide selection of enticing goods offered in these catalogs.
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- Title: Slippers, Worn by Bertha Kuss on Her Wedding Day, 1889
- Creator: Montgomery Ward
- Date: 1889-10-06
- Date Created: 1889
- Location: United States, Illinois, Chicago, United States, Missouri, Cape Girardeau
- Subject Keywords: Kuss, Bertha, Weddings (Ceremonies), Slippers (Shoes), Shoes (Footwear), Women's shoes, Footwear, Shoeboxes, Boxes (Containers)
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Slippers (Shoes)
- Object ID: 71.99.2
- Image ID: THF158198
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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