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| Text on Button | RODEO BOOTS "MIGHTY-GOOD" FOR BOYS |
| Image Description | Compass nestled between the silhouette of a cowboy on a horse and blue text over yellowed background. |
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NOTICE DO NOT CARRY THIS RODEO COMPASS IN BOOT POCKET. THIS IS A DELICATE INSTRUMENT. CARRY IN COAT POCKET OIL OR GREASE BOOTS TO INCREASE WATER RESISTANCE AND WEAR. |
| Curl Text | PARISIAN NOVELTY CO. CHICAGO |
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| Additional Information | This button/compass comes from a 1920s pair of boys “rodeo boots.” They were advertised in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in December 1927 as boots “with a compass in the pocket.” They were described as follows: “The compass is only one of the attractions of Rodeo Boots-those ‘Western’ kinds of high-top Boots that boys can wear in all kinds of weather. Moccasin vamps, brass eyelets, big laces, and sturdy but flexible leather soles.” The boots sold for $5.50 in sizes 12-13.5 and $6.50 in sizes 1-6. Though the boots had patch pocket on the side for the compass, ironically the button/compass says to not keep the compass in the boot pocket. |
| Sources |
(1927, December 2). It’s Christmas time at Stix Baer and Fuller. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. P.5. Retrieved from https://www.newspapers.com/image/140418145/ |
| Catalog ID | IN0071 |