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Heel Attachment.

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Patent for a new and improved heel attachment. This design consists in "[t]he shoe having the sole provided with the plate having the struck-up flange and U-plate, the flange and plate forming the groove, and the plate being further provided with the perforation, in combination with the heel provided at its upper end with the plate, supported slightly above the same and adapted to fit the groove and provided with a perforation aligning with the [former] perforation, and the screw inserted downwardly through the perforation and terminating in the heel" (lines 71-82).

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[2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Grumbach, Charles July 30, 1889.

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Patent for a new and improved heel attachment. This design consists in "[t]he shoe having the sole provided with the plate having the struck-up flange and U-plate, the flange and plate forming the groove, and the plate being further provided with the perforation, in combination with the heel provided at its upper end with the plate, supported slightly above the same and adapted to fit the groove and provided with a perforation aligning with the [former] perforation, and the screw inserted downwardly through the perforation and terminating in the heel" (lines 71-82).

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[2], : ill. ; 23 cm.

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"SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,860, dated July 30, 1889. Application filed March 16, 1889. Serial No. 303,511. (No model.)"

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  • July 30, 1889

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  • July 30, 1889

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  • March 16, 1889

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Grumbach, Charles. Heel Attachment., patent, July 30, 1889; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172115/: accessed May 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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