Skip header and navigation

Narrow Results By

1 records – page 1 of 1.

Date
1960 – 1963
Material
skin; nylon; fibre; metal
Catalogue Number
103.03.1076 a,b
Description
A pair of green nylon overboots with off-white leather soles. There are two strips of white nylon fabric sewn onto the boot on each side running from the leather sole to the top border. The strips have ten metal hooks one side and one hook followed by nine metal grommets on the other for the laces,…
  1 image  
Title
Overboots
Date
1960 – 1963
Material
skin; nylon; fibre; metal
Dimensions
49.0 x 38.0 cm
Description
A pair of green nylon overboots with off-white leather soles. There are two strips of white nylon fabric sewn onto the boot on each side running from the leather sole to the top border. The strips have ten metal hooks one side and one hook followed by nine metal grommets on the other for the laces, which are attached. There is a manufacturer’s label attached: a logo of a circle with blue sky and white mountain with red “Gerry” in script across the mountain and underneath printed in black “MOUNTAIN CLIMBING EQUIPMENT”, underneath “WARD COLORADO” in red.
Subject
sports
climbing
hiking
Hans Gmoser
Mt. McKinley
Wickersham Wall
Credit
Gift of Hans and Margaret Gmoser, Harvie Heights, 1989
Catalogue Number
103.03.1076 a,b
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
Back to Top