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Abraham Lincoln's Slippers - RJNorton - 07-03-2014 03:57 PM
Article and photo here.
RE: Abraham Lincoln's Slippers - L Verge - 07-03-2014 04:33 PM
Are Nanny and Nanko the images on them?
RE: Abraham Lincoln's Slippers - Eva Elisabeth - 07-03-2014 06:14 PM
Cool - Nanny and Nanko slippers...I wonder what those rubber boots looked like that Bud Taft once bought for A. L. on the latter's behalf?
RE: Abraham Lincoln's Slippers - LincolnMan - 07-04-2014 06:31 AM
I wonder if they were considered fashionable? What did Mary think of them? Was there some humor underlying with them?
RE: Abraham Lincoln's Slippers - Eva Elisabeth - 07-04-2014 08:38 AM
(07-04-2014 06:31 AM)LincolnMan Wrote: I wonder if they were considered fashionable?In Bavaria, Austria, and Swizzerland they would.
RE: Abraham Lincoln's Slippers - L Verge - 07-04-2014 12:02 PM
I think they would be fashionable in the U.S. also. I believe they were called carpet slippers, meaning both for wearing inside instead of heavy shoes that would hurt the carpets and also that they resembled carpet fabric - just like the "suitcases" of the day were called carpetbags.
RE: Abraham Lincoln's Slippers - RJNorton - 07-04-2014 01:14 PM
(07-04-2014 12:02 PM)L Verge Wrote: I think they would be fashionable in the U.S. also. I believe they were called carpet slippers, meaning both for wearing inside instead of heavy shoes that would hurt the carpets and also that they resembled carpet fabric - just like the "suitcases" of the day were called carpetbags.
Jay Monaghan titled his book "Abraham Lincoln Deals with Foreign Affairs: A Diplomat in Carpet Slippers."
RE: Abraham Lincoln's Slippers - LincolnMan - 07-05-2014 12:06 PM
Well, they must have been comfortable enough. They seemed a liitle bit much for me as far as design- but it was a different time and a different era.
RE: Abraham Lincoln's Slippers - Jami Coren - 03-13-2020 09:18 AM
Does anyone know who had made Lincoln those goat slippers, and if they were meant to represent his pet goats Nanny and Ninko (who sadly perished in a barn fire)?
RE: Abraham Lincoln's Slippers - RJNorton - 03-13-2020 01:09 PM
Welcome, to the forum, Jami. Personally, I do not ever recall reading the answer to your questions. I have a few books to look in, and if I find anything, I shall post.