![A really big shoe: Sonja Bata, wife of Thomas Bata of Bata Shoes, holds insulated rubber boot made for an American Army colonel. The size-16 boot is part of the Bata Shoe A really big shoe: Sonja Bata, wife of Thomas Bata of Bata Shoes, holds insulated rubber boot made for an American Army colonel. The size-16 boot is part of the Bata Shoe](https://static.torontopubliclibrary.ca/da/images/LC/tspa_0031188f.jpg)
A really big shoe: Sonja Bata, wife of Thomas Bata of Bata Shoes, holds insulated rubber boot made for an American Army colonel. The size-16 boot is part of the Bata Shoe
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Sonja Bata — Canadian style icon, businesswoman, philanthropist and shoe lover — dead at 91 | National Post
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