Feet Collection (page 14)

What your feet feel like when you are trying to dodge a shell. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

My, little, grey, home, West, feet, place, but, belong, another, evidently, economical, own, bed, space, Private, William, Harold, Hutchings, 1885, 1962, 2Nd, 1St, Lancashire, Field, Ambulance

Mauser rifle butt, with badge of the Seaforth Highlanders
Mauser rifle butt, carved with the regimental badge of the Seaforth Highlanders. Standing on three bullet cartridge feet, together with a copper ashtray with a brass engraved emblem of the 9th

2nd Lieutenant Leslie Frederick Forbes bombing the railway
2nd Lieutenant Leslie Frederick Forbes (Royal Flying Corps.) descending to within 350 feet to bomb the railway. He was subsequently awarded the MC. Deeds That Thrill The Empire - Page 796. W. Avis

Lt George Ivan Carmichael dropping bombs - Menin Station
Lieutenant George Ivan Carmichael (Royal Artillery and Royal Flying Corps) dropping bombs on the rails at Menin Railway Station from a height of only 120 feet

Young woman with ball on beach
A young woman holding a ball above her head on the beach. Date: circa 1960s

Poster, Walk Short Distances says Shanks Pony, and leave room for those who have longer journeys

Advert for Foxs Puttees military authorities 1914
Advert for Foxs puttees in 1914 asking for the indulgence of private clients should any delay occur in delivery because of the heavy demands of the military authorities. Date: 1914

Tango craze: dancing feet, 1913
A front cover of The Sketch, showing the entwined legs of two dancers performing a step from the tango." Why worry about home rule and the land question, when you can learn the tango

Tango craze: a tango tangle, 1913
" There are 200 steps in the Argentine Tango, and although these have been reduced to 25 for ball room purposes, there remain sufficient to " tie up" the novice completely

Fisherman, Naples, Italy
Fisherman smoking a pipe, Naples, Italy. Date: late 19th century

Two people fencing, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Buddhist monks, India. Date: circa 1890s

Indian woman carrying a jar. Date: circa 1890s

Hindu woman, Bombay (Mumbai), India. Date: circa 1890s

Washing of Feet ceremony, Jerusalem
Washing of Feet ceremony, Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Holy Land. Date: circa 1870

Woman with pots, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Chinese woman with bound feet. Date: circa 1890

Bound foot, China
Two photographs of a womans bound foot, China. Date: circa 1890

Woman with bound feet, China. Date: circa 1890

Bonzo Wants His Money Back by George Studdy
Bonzo Wants His Money Back. Travelling in the underground at rush hour, hemmed in by peoples feet and umbrellas, is definitely not worth the cost of a ticket! 1923

Dive-bombing attack on Mediterranean convoy by G. H. Davis
The Stukas return: tactics and technique used in a dive-bombing attack on a Mediterranean convoy during the Second World War

Advert for Tenova mens self-supporting socks 1939
Made to be forgotten. Tenova socks stay up. The cut-out at the back and the band at the top, containing Lastex yarn keep these Tenova socks gently but firmly in place

Advert for Tenova mens self-supporting socks 1938
Tenova socks need no suspenders. Tenova socks have a band at the top containing Lastex yarn, which is part of the sock itself. The band holds them up gently buy securely. Date: 1938

Little girl warming her toes by Muriel Dawson
A little girl sits in a chair, warming her toes at the stove, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1927

Toddler in blue at the seaside by Muriel Dawson
A toddler in blue at the seaside, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1920s

Hungry Peter as a piglet stealing poultry food
First Come, First Served -- Hungry Peter as a piglet unwittingly stealing the food from the cock and hens, who peck at him and drive him away. Date: 1912

Footprints and autographs, Hollywood, USA
Footprints, handprints and autographs of film stars outside Graumans Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, California, USA. Included is Joan Crawford. Date: 1939

Queen of the Castle by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl at the seaside stands on a rock, holding up pieces of seaweed. Date: 1935

The First Arrival by Muriel Dawson -- a toddler is the first to arrive on the beach. Date: 1935

Advert for Tenova mens self-supporting socks 1937
A new kind of sock. Self-supporting. No suspenders needed. This special patented design with a top band containing lastex yarn does the trick. They can t come down. They don t let you down

Nursery Rhymes -- Ride a Cock Horse
Nursery Rhymes. An unidentified one (above), showing a man with a brush running into another mans bedroom. Below is a scene illustrating Ride a Cock Horse, showing the fine lady on her white horse

Lifeboat man rescuing a baby
A lifeboat man swinging across the waves on a lifebelt, holding a baby in his arms

Man on beach in cork lifebelt
Man on a beach wearing a cork lifebelt

Family on holiday in their beach hut
A family on holiday, sitting in their beach hut

Yoghurt Salesman
A youthful Romanian Yoghurt Seller, with a defiant look in his eye, carrying two pans of his dairy wares (carried on a yolk over his shoulder). Date: 1910s

Business card design, woman reading
Business card design, made in France, depicting a woman sitting comfortably in an armchair under a standard lamp, reading a book. Date: 20th century

Weighty Deeds Afoot by William Heath Robinson
Testing corn plasters in the salon of a fashionable West End chiropodist. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans Date: 1926

Winter in the British Lines on the Somme 1917
In February 1917, when the ground was sodden with slush and snow everywhere, work had to be still done, making or capturing trenches

Indians of Oregon C1860
Native American Indians of Oregon (possibly Snake or Shoshone). Date: circa 1860

Snowdonia 1930S
A fine view from the summit of Mount Snowdon, North Wales, 3560 feet above sea level. This view is looking southwards along the ridge of Bwlch-y-Maen to Moel Helbog. Date: 1930s

Trade catalogue for hunting trophies 1937
Trade catalogue for Army and Navy Stores, showing a selection of hunting trophies including rhinoceros as a tobacco jar, elephants foot as a liqueur stand, deer slot mounted as a flower vase

Roger Smith, Bell-Ringer
ROGER SMITH itinerant musician, bell- ringer with bells not only in his hands but on his head and his feet ! Date: CIRCA 1804

Mary Magdalen and Stuff
MARY MAGDALEN, holding a pot of spikenard (nardostachys jatamansi) with which, regardless of the expense, she proposes to anoint the feet of Jesus. Date: first century

Feet Washing Custom
A crowd at the Holy Sepulcre in Jerusalem, Israel for the feet washing custom, traditionally held on Good Friday, when Jesus washed the feet of his twelve disciples. Date: early 1930s

Height measurement of LFB applicant
An LFB applicant has his height measured by a senior instructor, Station Officer Butt. The brigade minimum is 5 feet 7 inches in stockinged feet

We miss the patter of your fairy footsteps... A pair of dainty yet stylish ladys footwear from the Edwardian era Date: circa 1900s

That 16-inch sensation - Bairnsfather postcard
" That 16-inch sensation" - Bairnsfather postcard. Bairnsfather was badly wounded by a shell burst in April 1915 and during his weeks of convalescence suffered recurring nightmares

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