Nacona Boots. Catalog 33. Cowboy Boots For Men, Women, Children. Cowoboy Shoes And Oxfords. Military And Riding Boots. Mcchesney Bits And Spurs

Justin, Enid (President), Nocona Boot Company, Nocona, Texas

Publication: Privately printed, nd ca 1955, Fort Worth

First edition. 10 1/2" x 7 1/4" in color pictorial wrappers showing a pair of Nocona Boots at the center surrounded by bronco riders, barrel riding cowgirls, and cowboys. 32 pp. Illustrations. Index. A nicely illustrated western boot catalogue from one of the most important women makers of western boots which remained operating in Nocona, Texas, until the plant was transferred to El Paso in 1999. “Enid Justin was born in Nocona, Texas, in 1894. Her father, Herman Joseph Justin, called "Daddy Joe" by his family, established H. J. Justin & Sons, a successful bootmaking business on the Red River, where cowboys driving their cattle along the Chisholm Trail would stop and buy his boots. When the railroad was built through Nocona in 1887, Daddy Joe moved his family and business south. Enid and her six brothers and sisters grew up helping in the shop, and Enid was stitching boots by age twelve. For the next decade, Enid worked closely with her father, learning the craft of bootmaking and the details of running a business. After the death of Daddy Joe in 1918, Enid's brothers decided to move the family business to Fort Worth. Enid strongly believed that Daddy Joe would have wanted to keep the boot shop in Nocona and decided to stay. In 1925, she opened the Nocona Boot Company. Included in this booklet are color illustrations and information about Nocoma cowboy boots for men, women and children; cowboy shoes and oxfords; riding, military and field boots; lace boots; etc. Of particular interest is the section on McChesney bits and spurs, including steel mounted, silver mounted, and nickel plated hand engraved spurs and bits. Also includes a 7 ½" x 14" order sheet with instructions for boot measurements. Sheet is folded in half and with light tanning to edges. Booklet has minor wear to extremities along with offsetting residue from a removed label from the back wrapper. Very good.

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