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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah ( talk) 22:43, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Fashion History Museum

  • ... that the Fashion History Museum in Cambridge, Ontario houses what may be the oldest existing European made shoe in the New World? Source: "... an old brown leather shoe that dates back to the 17th century settlement of New Amsterdam. "I think it's likely the oldest European shoe existing that was ever worn in North America," says Walford. "There are older Native shoes that have been found at burial sites but this would be the oldest European shoe." [1]

Created by ONUnicorn ( talk). Self-nominated at 17:11, 15 December 2016 (UTC).

  • New enough. Long enough. QPQ done. Well-sourced and interesting article. No Copyvio issues. Hook is cited and very interesting. Everything is G2G! DaltonCastle ( talk) 00:15, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah ( talk) 22:43, 21 December 2016 (UTC)

Fashion History Museum

  • ... that the Fashion History Museum in Cambridge, Ontario houses what may be the oldest existing European made shoe in the New World? Source: "... an old brown leather shoe that dates back to the 17th century settlement of New Amsterdam. "I think it's likely the oldest European shoe existing that was ever worn in North America," says Walford. "There are older Native shoes that have been found at burial sites but this would be the oldest European shoe." [1]

Created by ONUnicorn ( talk). Self-nominated at 17:11, 15 December 2016 (UTC).

  • New enough. Long enough. QPQ done. Well-sourced and interesting article. No Copyvio issues. Hook is cited and very interesting. Everything is G2G! DaltonCastle ( talk) 00:15, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

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