Victorian Women’s Button Boot by John Wanamaker - Antique Fashion Illustration #47689 (License: Personal Use)

This black-and-white illustration depicts a late 19th-century women’s ankle boot manufactured by John Wanamaker, a prominent Philadelphia department store. The boot features a pointed toe, low stacked heel, and a distinctive vertical row of eight decorative metal buttons along a scalloped side panel, with the retailer’s name embossed on the upper collar. Rendered in fine-line engraving style, it reflects the high-fashion footwear of the 1880s Gilded Age.

Used on vintage fashion blogs, museum digital archives, historical costume resources, and antique retail sites; targets users researching Victorian-era clothing, footwear evolution, or sourcing period-accurate replicas for reenactment or design inspiration.