18th-Century Shoemaking at Colonial Williamsburg

People in colonial Virginia had many different shoe options, both fashionable and practical. Join Valentine Povinelli, master boot and shoemaker, as he describes the process of making shoes by hand. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 educational institution and the largest U.S. history museum in the world.

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