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  • 26
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    2012
    11:30pm, EDT

    Philippines city restores Imelda Marcos' shoe collection after flood damage

    Ted Aljibe / AFP - Getty Images

    A museum employee displays some of the shoes of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, next to her portrait at the shoe museum in Manila on Wednesday.

    Romeo Ranoco / Reuters

    Workers do minor repairs on shoes belonging to former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos in a shoe factory in Marikina city, east of Manila on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. The shoes, which were part of a display at the Marikina Shoe Museum, were repaired by the city government of Marikina, shoe capital of the Philippines, after they were damaged by floods brought by southwest monsoon rains last month.

    Read more: Neglect ruins Imelda Marcos' vast shoe collection

    Romeo Ranoco / Reuters

    A volunteer cleans shoes of former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos on display on Wednesday.

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    they should auction the shoes off and give the money to families who lost their homes in the flood.

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