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80/65/1-2
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This is a pair of white canvas boots with thin soft rubber soles, about size 8 1/2 or 9. They were worn by maltsters in floor malting. Their lightness and soft soles were designed to avoid damaging the corns as the men walked across the bed of grain.
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1 pair of shoes [or boots]: canvas uppers; rubber soles
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MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: Maltster's shoes // Accession number: 80/65/1-2 // Classification: Processing, grain malt // Negative number: 60/14563 // Acquisition method: Gift // Acquired from, date: Pauls & Sandars Ltd., Grantham, 3 June 1980 // Store: Small object // Condition: Good // Recorder, date: J. H. B. 28 October 1980 // Description: White canvas boots with thin soft rubber soles. // Dimensions: About size 8 1/2 or 9 // 31cm toe to heel, 10 1/2 across ball of foot // 14 1/2 high at the heel (boot back part). // Associated information: Shoes worn by maltsters in floor malting. Their lightness and soft soles were designed to avoid damaging corns as the men walked across the bed of grain. // References: H. Stopes, [‘Malt and Malting’ underlined] (1885) in R.U.L.'
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_14563.tif - High resolution image
