Collections record Beta

Booties

2013-110-4 a,b

Pair of off-white wool crocheted child;s booties; foot with an alternating double stripe pattern over the instep; uppers have a lacy pattern with scalloped top edge; drawstrings with tassel ends threaded through where the upper and foot meet

These booties were worn by Oswald W. Marrin Jr. as a baby. Oswald Wright Marrin Jr. (1919-2007) was born in New York City and lived in Litchfield. After graduating from Brown University in 1942 he joined the U.S. Marines. He was discharged in 1946. He worked at Scovill Manufacturing until 1951. He then took over the Marrin Real Estate company, which had been founded by his mother in 1930. He was the borough warden from 1967 to 1976. In 1984, he served on the Litchfield Citizen Advisory Committee which formed the town plan of development. He was a trustee of the Litchfield Historical Society, a member and past president of the Greater Litchfield Preservation Trust and of the Litchfield Country Club, a member of the Sanctum, and charter member of the Rotary Club.

c. 1919-1920

length: 3.25"

• wool
• silk