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Collection: Digital Dress Collection Collection: Digital Dress Collection Date: 1940 Collection: Digital Dress Collection Content Type: Image Date: 1920 Subject: Oxfords (Shoes) Collection: The Henry Ford Historic Costume Collection Subject: Firestone, Elizabeth Parke Date: 1920 Subject: Oxfords (Shoes)-
Shoes, 1920-1940
These shoes strongly resemble "jigs" or " gillies"-- a Scottish shoe made for dancing. This is more of a street shoe than the typical gillie. They were likely worn for casual wear or travel.Born in Decatur, Illinois in 1897 Elizabeth Parke married Harvey S. Firestone Jr., son of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company founder Harvey S. Firestone, in 1921.Once described by a friend as, "the most luxurious woman in the history of luxury," Elizabeth Parke Firestone's clothing collection illustrates her i…