Footwear - Snowshoes & Ice Creepers

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“Codex Canadensis”

by Charles Becard de Granville c. 1700(Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma)


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Native American Snowshoes in New FranceFrom “New voyages to North-America containing an account of several nations”

by Louis Armand de Lom d’Arce, Baron de Lahontan 1703(Library & Archives, Canada)


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Native American Snowshoes in New FranceFrom “New voyages to North-America containing an account of several nations”

by Louis Armand de Lom d’Arce, Baron de Lahontan 1703(Library & Archives, Canada)


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Native American Snowshoes in New France

From “Nouveaux voyages de Monsieur le baron de Lahontan dans” by Louis Armand de Lom d’Arce, Baron de Lahontan 1707 (Library & Archives, Canada)


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Native American Snowshoes in New France

From “Moeurs des sauvages ameriquains comparées aux moeurs des premiers temps” by Joseph François1 Laftitau 1724(Library & Archives, Canada)


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Title Page

From “reis door Noord Amerika” by Pehr Kalm 1772(Library & Archives, Canada)


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“Iroquois allant à la Découverte”

by J.G. de St. Sauveur c. 1795(Library and Archives Canada)


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Canadian with Snowshoes Going to War on the Snow

From “Histoire de l'Amerique Septentrionale' by Bacqueville de La Potherie (1663-1736) Published in 1753


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American Snowshoes of John Sheldon (1658 - 1733)c. 1700

(Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts)


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American Snowshoes of General Artemas Wardc. 1768

(General Artemas Ward House Museum)


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American Snowshoes of General Artemas Wardc. 1768

(General Artemas Ward House Museum)


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American Snow ShoesDated 1780

(Private Collection)


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American Snow Shoes of Lieutenant George Little of Go! stown, New Hampshire Who Served Under General Stark c. 1776

(New Hampshire Historical Society)


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Snowshoes Owned by Colonel Arent de Peyster of the King’s 8th Regiment of Foot, Native of New York City c. 1770s

(Museum of Liverpool)


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Ice Creepers


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Ice Creepers

(National Park Service)


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Ice Creeper

Recovered from the Sarah Boston Homestead Site, Boston, Massachusetts. c. 17702(University of Massachusetts, Boston)


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