Civil War or Lady of the night heart boot heal plate.
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I've heard both of the sides of this argument. Some people say heel plate of the oldest profession... others say just a civil war era civilian heel plate. I lean toward the latter part of the argument because I've seen others with different designs. I even found a piece of one with a club (card suit) on it. So maybe they had all of the playing card suits. I'm not an expert though. Just my opinion.
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Congrats on the heel plate
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I've found a heart and also this one. I don't believe these were hooker heel plates....though it is an interesting story. These ladies liked to work at night and you'd never see those prints in the dark lol. And I don't believe many brothels were up here in Maine
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We find those all over New England - around old homes and in farm fields - ours are period but definitely not CW and doubt very much they are from ladies of the evening ---they are civilian
down south - did some guys have boots made with them - sure - did some woman of the oldest profession wear them
probably - that was the design thing for a period
- I have found hearts - clover and spade ones and have seen a few diamonds - it was the designs of the times
down south - did some guys have boots made with them - sure - did some woman of the oldest profession wear them
probably - that was the design thing for a period
- I have found hearts - clover and spade ones and have seen a few diamonds - it was the designs of the times
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