Shoe Collection (#16)

Boys Refuge at Lincoln s-Inn Fields, London
The shoemaking department inthe boys refuge, Great Queen Street in Lincoln s-Inn Fields

Sailor tying a ladies shoe, Thames Embankment, 1893
Engraving showing a British sailor bending to tie a Victorian ladys shoelace, on the Thames Embankment, London, 1893. This image, by Davidson Knowles, was originally entitled A Sailors Knot

Blacksmith shoeing a horse
A Blacksmith changes the shoes on a working horse. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Shoes at Peter Robinsons
A selection of ladies shoes by Peter Robinsons of Oxford Street, including beaded evening shoes, patent leather with buckles & Louis XV heels plus ladies golf boots

Champagne Kid & Patent
Two shoe designs in champagne kid and patent leather with typical 1920s shaped heels

Day & Evening Shoes 1925
Day and evening shoes; on left a day shoe in kid, beige and patent black leather. On right; a silver brocade evening shoe with a Louis Cuban heel

Pontings Shoe Advert
Shoes available at Pontings on Kensington High St including brogues, oxford shoes, golf shoes and elegant evening shoes in patent leather and grey suede

Fashion Foots It
New shos fashions by Hanan Gingell including satin and glace kid for evening and strapped smart walking shoes in patent leather for day

Sling Back Fairy Wedge
In a feature entitled Best Foot Forward we are introduced to the Fairy Wedge, open toe, sling back shoe, just the thing for summer days

Ex Pede Herculem
A cynical Irish soldier returning home on leave from the Front refuses a shoe shine boy, preferring instead to keep the mud on his boots as a symbol of honour

Advertising calendar for a saddler, harness and collar maker
A design for an advertising calendar for Miller, manufacturers of equine tack manufacturers. The picture shows a horse shoe containing famous jockeys; Fred Archer, John Osborne, Fred Webb, J.Goater

Whale Gun and Snow-shoe, 1875
Engraving of a typical harpoon gun, used for shooting whales or walrus in the Arctic region, and a patent snow-shoe or ski, 1875

LADYs SHOE, 1923
Smart ladys shoe

Black Beauty Boot Polish
A tin of boot polish using the name Black Beauty, after the book by Anna Sewell - the sixth most popular book in the English language

Footwear fashions, 1925
A colourful illustration of two leather shoe designs. The left shoe was made from blending tan suede with fawn kid and the right was a design of tan kid trimmed with lizard skin

Woman who Lived in Shoe
The old woman who lived in a shoe, had so many children she didn t know what to do. Luckily, the shoe was the size of a house

Broche and Brocade
Evening shoes made of brocade and broche

Midinette Shoes 1948
Black, high heeled court shoe with a net vamp, ruffle edge & rosette by Lotus

Brevitt Bounder Shoes
A flat soled shoe called the Brevitt Bounder with buckle and strap detail

Old Woman Lived in Shoe
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children, she didn t know what to do

Shoe Maker & Repairer
The front window of H.J. Foremans shoe repair shop features replacement heels and polish

Heavy Work Shoe Factory
The Heavy Work Shoe Factory, Endicott, Johnson & Co. at Lestershire, New York

Shoe Factory Interior
The stitching room at the Fine Welt factory of Endicott, Johnson, at Endicott, New York, where more than 4000 persons are engaged in leather working and shoe making

BOOTS / PENROSEs 1908
A selection of front lacing boots - one example has a high heel and long tapering front

Fanfare by Lotus 1948
A court style shoe with open side, high heels & buckled ankle strap

CHURCHs SHOE 1948
Stylish yet comfortable high-heeled, lace-up shoe: high fitting & with perforated decoration & designed to support the arch in its natural place

Shoe Shop Satire
Shoeing Asses - The Present Fashion for Making Shoes Everlasting. A shoe shop does a roaring trade in repairing shoes with small horse shoes on the heels

Costume / Shoe Shop
Two elegant, society ladies wearing fur stoles, hats & gloves patronise a shoe shop where the more practically garbed shop assistant sees to their every whim

Orphan Shoe-Makers
Russian orphans trained as shoemakers

SHOE SHOP PERUGIA
Fashionable ladies and gentlemen look at shoes in the Perugia shoe shop in Paris

Shoe Shop / Le Rire
A lady is helped with a pair of new boots, while a man in the background looks up the skirt of another woman on a stepladder

Cinderella Try Shoe
Cinderella is asked to try on the shoe and to her sisters disgust - it fits! The Prince is delighted to have found his Princess

Klimt Dress Circa 1914
Artistic & exotic looking Klimt inspired dress with a translucent upper bodice, embroidered split tunic with train & fringed tango skirt worn with a feather headdress

Racial / Snow Shoe Dance
Chippeway Snow-shoe Dance

Demon & Horse Shoe
A cottager nails a horse-shoe over his front door, thereby frustrating the Devil who is lurking nearby with evil intentions

Flapper on a Cloud 1926
Androgynous woman with an Eton crop, short dress with square cut collar, patch pockets with tassel trim & pleated flounce, & rolled stocking tops sits dreamily on a cloud smoking

Dolcis Shoe Advert 1931
Advertisement for Dolcis shoes Date: 1931

Dryden / Salamander / 107
Poster advertisement for the Salamander shoe company

Robot servant polishing shoes
The servant of the future -- a robotic servant polishes a mans shoes while he sits reading in his armchair

SHOEMAKERs SHOP 1875
A shoemaker and shoe repairers shop and workshop, with two well-heeled lady customers admiring a display of shoes and boots

Hunt the Slipper 1886
Cobbler, cobbler, mend your shoe, Have it done by half past two, Stitch it up and stitch it down, And then I ll give you half a crown

A Farrier at work, Worcestershire
A Farrier at work, fitting a shoe to a large working horse, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Weapons & Artefacts
Assorted weapons and other artefacts from India

German Ski-Troops Leave
Auszug der Schneeschuh- Truppen - the out-going of the snow-shoe-troops from a German station, heading for the snows of Russia

West End Shoe Shop
The London Shoe Company of Sloane Street, London; ladies take time to try on shoes in comfort

Turkish Shoe Shop / Liebig
A Turkish shoe shop

Poster; the Assembly
THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY The enemies of the Revolution, but their ship is only a shoe and the sails are tattered

Penny for Shoestrings
A man sells shoe-strings for a penny a pair

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