Ranch owner or employee, each needed a way to get his boots off before settling down for the evening. The cast iron beetle-shaped bootjack belonged to Johney Bielenberg. The wooden bootjack is from the bunkhouse.
Bootjack [left]
c1900
Iron. L 24.5, W 9.5, Th 5
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, GRKO 17495
Bootjack [right]
c1940
Wood, ferrous metal. L 30.5 (along slope), W 11, H 10cm
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, GRKO 17400