Feet Collection (page 5)

Omnibus nuisances. Caution to ladies who like to occupy the seat next to the door. A mans hobnail boots kick a woman on the head as his feet swing in from the window of the omnibus. Date: 1853

Comic postcard, Little girl and little boy sitting on a doorstep Date: 20th century

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I know things ll be better soon
The Caption is Yes I know things ll be better soon. By this date the war is clearly near its end so the optimism is justified

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Don t mind the black-outs
The Caption is Don t mind the black-outs, you can always stay the night! This card has a coded message. The initials of the feet

Foot-shaped comic postcard, mother and five daughters
A mother (the life and sole of the family) and her five little toe daughters - a brilliant Edwardian comic postcard, open to multiple interpretations! Date: 1907

Sketches of the musical Shake Your Feet at
Sketches of the Laddie Cliff musical Shake Your Feet at the London Hippodrome, 1927 with Janette Gilmore, Milton Hayes, Billy Milton, Gwen Farrar, Date: 1927

An eccentric dance routine called Fidgety Feet performed by Edward Allen, performer in Hit the Deck, 1928 Date: 1928

Narrow street, working class district, Venice, Italy, childr
Vintage 19th century photograph: Narrow street in a working class district of Venice, Italy children with bare feet

Group of young Chinese women with bound feet
19th century vintage photograph: Group of young Chinese women with bound feet

Cocktails and Crinolines, 1929 Cocktails and Crinolines: That Victorian Revival. 1
Cocktails and Crinolines: That Victorian Revival. 1. We are told that womens costumes tend to become more and more Victorian. 2

Husband holding off his angry wife with mop. A bottle of gin on the windowsill and a sign reading Conjugal Felicity a Romance. A Stag at Bay

Woman having her feet treated painfully by a chiropodist in her bedroom. Her husband offering her a glass of wine. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Two Regency gentlemen about to fight a duel with pistols. One expecting the magistrates and Bow Street officers to appear. More Miseries

Regency gentleman riding a horse that barely lifts its feet. He loses his bicorne when the horse hits a pig while a woman screams from a thatched cottage. A Daisy Cutter with his Varieties

Regency gentleman riding a horse without a bridle
Regency gentleman riding a horse with only a string around its neck. A man is dragged off by a horse, his foot caught in a stirrup, in the background. How to Ride Without a Bridle

Fashionable woman washing her feet after dressing
Fashionable woman washing her feet with a maid after dressing, era of Marie Antoinette. La Distraite. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle

Fashionable pouf bonnet from the era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle, Costumes and hairstyles of the 18th century

Etruscan marble urn and mirror
Ancient Etruscan marble urn showing a regal throne 1, and Etruscan mirror depicting Eris, Menrfa in helmet, Hercules with club and lionskin, and Thetis 2. Urna marmorea rappresentante un trono

The Australian Diggers Memorial, Plugstreet Experience
The 14-18 Experience Museum was opened on 9 November 2013 and on that day a splendid bas relief of Australian miners digging underground was unveiled. It was donated by Ross J

Airship Bournemouth. Maiden flight at RAF Cardington
Airship Bournemouth. Maiden flight at RAF Balloon Centre, Cardington. Built for Festival of Britian, for the Airship Club under the direction of Lord Vantry - being the first built in Britain since

Photograph of Old Face Plate Lathe, originally installed in the Soho Foundry of Boulton and Watt, Birmingham which was purchased by Avery in 1895. The lathe taking work up to 26 feet diameter

Ancient Flemish loom

The Ralli Sisters - The Ruthven Twins in Shake Your Feet
Well-known socialites, the Ruthven twins, aka the Hon. Alison and the Hon. Margaret Ruthven, who briefly took the stage as the Ralli Twins in the 1920s

Victorian scrap, woman with water jar. circa 1890s

Patrick Cotter O Brien, Irish giant
Patrick Cotter O Brien (1760-1806), giant of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, who was 8 feet 4 inches tall. 18th century

Mother and Aunt Louisa from The Leprecauns Shoes. 1928

John Drummond of Callander, Britains smallest postman. He was 4 feet 7.5 inches tall. 1935

Eastman Kodak Camera and Film Factory, Rochester, USA
Eastman Kodak Camera and Film Factory, Rochester, New York State, USA, claiming the tallest chimney in America, at 366 feet high. early 1900s

McMichael Radio used to receive weather reports
Demonstrating the McMichael Radio, used to receive weather reports at 23, 000 feet on the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition. 1933

Scenes in the life of a Stuart Gentleman during the reign of King Charles I, with his thoughts in the skies and his feet firmly on the ground. (2 of 2) Date: 1630s

Gwen Farrar in Shake Your Feet at the London Hippodrome
A scene from one of the musical numbers in Shake Your Feet at the London Hippodrome with Gwen Farrar singing one of her songs. Date: 1927

Gwen Farrar in The Tatler, 1927
Page from The Tatler, 17th August 1927, featuring Miss Joyce Barbour, Mr Billy Merson and Miss Gwen Farrar in Shake Your Feet at the Hippodrome

Gwen Farrar
Gwendoline " Gwen" Farrar (1899 - 1944), English duettist, cellist, singer, actress and comedian. Pictured at the time she was appearing in Shake Your Feet at the London Hippodrome in 1927

Shake Your Feet at the London Hippodrome
Page from the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News with photographs of the latest production at the London Hippodrome - Shake Your Feet

Harrods advert, Hairdressing, Manicure and Chiropody
Harrods Stores advert, Hairdressing, Manicure and Chiropody Departments, Brompton Road, London SW. 1897

Young Irish women carrying water jars, County Cork. Date: 1842

Young Irish woman riding to Bantry market on a pony with two panniers containing produce to sell (potatoes and eggs). Date: 1842

Altar of Uhuhukwe, Eagle Down Fraternity, Zuni nation. The altar is decorated with figures of cougar, bear, bison, badger and white wolf, medicine stone, and bears feet

Costumes of women of Kiangnan province and footbinding
Costumes of women in silk robes and fur hats of Liu-ching, Kiangnan province, and footbinding shoes and deformed feet. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios

Music cover, Golconda Waltz, by Popplewell Royle. Date: late 19th century

Two Scotswomen washing clothes by a river, with tartan background. Date: circa 1910s

Sinclair tartan. circa 1846

Matheson tartan. circa 1846

Ferguson clan. circa 1846

Indian Spear Dance. 19th century

Brazen Lavers
This engraving depicts brazen (or bronze) lavers. In the Book of Exodus, Moses was instructed to create a bronze laver which would be situated outside the Tabernacle of Meeting for priests to wash

Group of women paddling at a British seaside resort. Date: circa 1920

Young woman at harvest time, Republic of Estonia, carrying a rake and sickle. Date: 1922

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