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Giant Shoes & Shoe Cars (page 2)

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Flip Flop
San Jon, NM
This Flip Flop was built in 2024. It is 40 feet long, qualifying it as the world's largest. [map]

High-Heel Shoe
St. Louis, MO
This 18 foot tall High-Heel Shoe is entitled "Shoe of Shoes" and was made of 2,000 aluminum shoes. It was created by Victoria Fuller in 1999 and was originally displayed at Chicago's Navy Pier. The High-Heel Shoe was moved to the Brown Shoe Co. in St. Louis in 2000. In 2015, Brown Shoe became Caleres moved to its current location. The High-Heel Shoe was moved there as well. For more, see this website. [map]

High Heel Shoe
Yakima, WA		 Red Stiletto [gone]
Ventura, CA		 Ballet Shoe
Naperville, IL
The High Heel Shoe in Yakima is located inside the Yakima Valley Museum. It was created for the Head over Heels over Heels exhibit which ran from 2011-2012. This High Heel Shoe is still on display. It is nine feet tall and was modeled after a d'Orsay sling-back pump. It is made of plywood.

The Red Stiletto in Ventura was installed in a farmer's field in 2021. It is about four feet tall. It was temporarily removed in 2023. It is believed to have been stolen.

The Ballet Shoe in Naperville is installed at the 95th Street Community Plaza playground which was built in 2020. [map]

Silver Slipper
Missoula, MT		 Silver Arcade
Dillon, SC
The Silver Slipper in Missoula is located at the Silver Slipper Sports Bar & Casino Around 2013, it was installed on a pedestal at the corner. [map]

The Silver Arcade was once known as the Silver Slipper. The South of the Border tourist attraction which ran the place got in trouble in 1997 for illegal video poker. The name and sign were changed after that but the shoe is still on display. It is about 22 feet long. By 2023, the sign had been stripped of the neon and shoe and painted for Bargain Ben's Outlet. For more, see this website. [map]

Old Shoe
Sun Valley, CA [gone]		 Dutch Shoe
Holland, MI
This Old Shoe was located at U Pick Parts. It was originally used for selling ice cream. There were a few of these embellished like this in Reseda, CA but I don't know of any others that survived. The car may be a modified Citroën. In 2015, U Pick Parts closed. This shoe car is now at the Valley Relics Museum's storage facility in North Hollywood, CA.

This Dutch Shoe in Holland functions as a children's slide at Nelis' Dutch Village.

Dutch Shoe
Oak Harbor, WA		 Clog
Solvang, CA
This Dutch Shoe in Oak Harbor is installed in front of the Auld Holland Inn. It is about four feet long. [map]

This Clog has been located at the Solvang Shoe Shop since at least 2009. It is about 3 feet long and kept in the store when it is closed. [map]

Wooden Shoes
Casey, IL
The Wooden Shoes are located inside the Whisk + Lollies Bakery and Candy Shoppe. They were built in 2015. At over 11 feet long, they were certified by Guinness World Records as the world's largest wooden shoes.

Quality Shoe Repair
Henderson, NV

2014:

High Heel Shoe Car

Dress Shoe Car
2022:
Quality Shoe Repair displays these two giant Shoe Cars and a giant Boot Car in the store's parking lot. The company was established in Los Angeles in 1973. Its first Boot Car was built in 1979. Four other Cars were built after that. There was an operating Boot Car at the Los Angeles location which is gone now. This Henderson location opened in 2007. I don't know what happened to the fifth Car. The High Heel Shoe Car's license plate read "High Heel". It was repainted by 2022 and had a different license plate. The Dress Shoe Car's license plate read "Dreshoe." It was missing in 2022 but there was a new Stiletto Shoe Car in the parking lot then. Quality Shoe also had a Converse Sneaker Car which it sold to Klean Kicks around 2014. [map]

More Shoes:
Red Slipper (Denver, CO) [gone]
Sneaker (Platteville, CO)
Shoe House (St. Charles, ID) [map]
Delilah Shoe (Belleville, IL) [gone]
Sid's Shoe Shop (Goldsboro, NC) [vintage, gone]
Heels (Henderson, NC)
Shoe House (Lincolnton, NC) [map]
Giant Shoe (Burlington, NJ)
Chris Shoe Repair: 1, 2 (Springfield, OH) [gone]
Big Shoe: 1, 2 (Memphis, TN) [vintage; gone]
Shoes & Boot (Nashville, TN)
Red Shoe (Lynchburg, VA)
Dutch Shoe Car (Lynden, WA)

Shoe Car (Wenzhou, China)
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: 1, 2 (London, England) [gone]
Giant Soccer Shoes (Berlin, Germany) [gone]
Giant Shoehouse (Mumbai, India)
Giant Shoe (South Africa)
Giant Sandals (Asmara, Eritrea)
patented Shoe House

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