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Abraham Lincoln's Slippers
07-03-2014, 04:57 PM
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Abraham Lincoln's Slippers
Article and photo here.
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07-03-2014, 05:33 PM
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Are Nanny and Nanko the images on them?
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07-03-2014, 07:14 PM
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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?
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07-04-2014, 07:31 AM
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I wonder if they were considered fashionable? What did Mary think of them? Was there some humor underlying with them?

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07-04-2014, 09:38 AM (This post was last modified: 07-04-2014 09:44 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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(07-04-2014 07:31 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  I wonder if they were considered fashionable?
In Bavaria, Austria, and Swizzerland they would.
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07-04-2014, 01:02 PM
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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.
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07-04-2014, 02:14 PM
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(07-04-2014 01:02 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."
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07-05-2014, 01:06 PM
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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.

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03-13-2020, 10:18 AM (This post was last modified: 03-13-2020 10:19 AM by Jami Coren.)
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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)?
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03-13-2020, 02:09 PM
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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.
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