Girl playing NurseA young girl in her nurses outfit, tends to her teddys injuries with copious bandaging, whilst a pet cat watches on. She seems to be getting her medical knowledge from the First Aid manual in her
Girls Play Bowls / 1940SFaith Dorn, Alice Talton, Juanita Stark, Lucia Carroll and Jean Ames wearing various sunsuits show a bit of leg on the bowling green
Poster advertising Union Castle cruises for South Africa, East Africa and around the African coast
Japanese Samurai FighterThe Samurai hero Yashitzone in combat with an armoured opponent
Sri Lanka - Hindu Ascetic - Incredibly long hairSri Lanka - Hindu Ascetic Sadhu with incredibly long hair, worn in thick dreadlocks called jata. Date: circa 1910s
Two Girls Play LeapfrogTwo girls playing leapfrog in country grassland
Girls with dolls and prams, Balham, SW LondonTwo little girls with dolls and prams on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961
The Conversion of Paula, by Alma-TademaThe Conversion of Paula, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema RA (1836-1912). Date: 1898
London Life - Fashion pages by Jean Shrimpton, 1965Spread from the short-lived but impossibly cool magazine, London Life, with a column by sixties supermodel Jean Shrimpton who regularly wrote about the clothes she liked
Accessories for Sunshine, 1954A woman sits enjoying the holiday sunshine surrounded by raffia accessories including a huge coolie hat, natural sandals, red sandals, a cone bag, an Ascher cotton square in diced blue and white
Advert for Jaeger womens trouser suit 1938Stylish & comfortable wide- legged trouser-suit worn with a red scarf & sandals. 1938
Girls with their books in Balham, SW LondonFour girls with their books and drawings, sitting on a pavement in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Smoking GeishaA nonchalant Japanese geisha girl, smoking a cigarette, wearing flip-flop sandals. Date: 1930s
Rayne shoes advertisement, 1953Advertisement for Rayne shoes, in particular their range of brocade heels for memorable evenings. Date: 1953
Family of five on a motorcycle in Rhodes, GreeceA family of five on a Zundapp motorcycle in Rhodes, Greece
Sandal Sellers 1930STwin sandal makers selling their wares in a bazaar
Walsingham PilgrimsIn the Middle Ages, pilgrims thronged to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk, leaving their sandals in the " Slipper Chapel" and walking barefoot 2 miles to the shrine
Conversion of GalenCLAUDIUS GALEN " Conversion of Galen" Greek physician to 5 Roman emperors and to gladiators. Author of the theory of the 4 humours
Boy with bicycle wheel, Balham, SW LondonA little boy with a bicycle wheel on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Boy sitting and readingA young boy sits on a pouffe reading a book. Pastel sketch by Raymond Sheppard
Thessaloniki - Turkish Woman in extraordinary voluminous leggings! Date: circa 1916
The Slipper ChapelIn the Middle Ages, pilgrims thronged to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk, leaving their sandals in the " Slipper Chapel" and walking barefoot 2 miles to the shrine Date
Beach DressA perfect outfit for the seaside: sleeveless dress with fitted bodice, bow detail, 3/4 length skirt with contrasting fringing, strappy sandals, straw hat & bucket bag
Geisha Picking FlowersA geisha picking flowers
Elsa Schiaparelli and daughter Gogo at Monte CarloElsa Schiaparelli (1890 - 1973), Italian fashion designer, pictured on holiday at Monte Carlo in the company of her daughter, Gogo. Date: 1938
Musical instruments of the ancient Hebrews. Harp, lyres, flute, psaltery, organ, horn, panpipes, bagpipes, drum, trumpet, bell, sistrum, triangle, rattle, etc. Strumenti musicali
Cobblers making sandals and shoes in ancient EgyptCobblers making sandals in ancient Egypt, with examples of curved-toe sandal 1, palm-leaf sandals 2, 3, , 4 and leather close-laced shoe 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from J
Madama Soffritti weightlifterMadama Soffritti pictured with weights and bar bells. Wearing Roman sandals, leather wrist guards, a silk knickerbocker costume, necklace and ear-rings. Date: circa 1905
Dolcis - Advertisement for Dolcis Summer Sandals. Date: 1927
A family taking their summer holiday on the South Coast of England - seated in deckchairs on the beach, the couple's young baby havig great fun digging in the sand. Date: 1936
The Inca and His Queen Date: 1823
Japan - Zori Sandal makerZori Sandal maker, Japan. Date: circa 1920s
Japan - Geta Clog MakerGeta Clog Maker, Japan. Date: circa 1920s
Japan - Bamboo Ware MakerBamboo Ware Maker, Japan. Date: circa 1920s
Fragment of relief. It depicts the leg of the priest, wearing sandal. Drawn on the XI sheet of the Excavation Memory, was collected in 1787 by captain Antonio del Rio in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
Illustration of fashionable women's shoes and jewellery. Date: 1954
A little boy, Gary Mead, age 5, rides his Pyrenean Mountain Dog the half mile to school each morning in Plumstead, SE London. (1 of 3) Date: circa 1960s
King William II crossing the river at the Battle of the Boyne, Ireland, 1 July 1690. Deposed Catholic King James II of England losing his wig and hat as he flees on horseback
Coronation regalia of the Holy Roman EmpireSome of the coronation regalia of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation: 1. German Royal Crown; 2. Imperial Crown; 3. Orb; 4. Coronation Robe; 5. Kings Sceptre; 6. Imperial Sceptre; 7
Stuart Robson as Touchstone in As You Like It Date: 1890s
Comic postcard, Womans plump feet in sandals Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Woman in orange bikini at the seaside - Dangerous To Bathers Date: 20th century
c. 1880s Japan - cobbler / shoe maker at work
Display of different Japanese shoe types.. Vintage 19th century photograph
Woman arriving for an appointment at the Cafe desFashionable woman arriving for an appointment at the Cafe des Tuileries, Paris, Year VI, 1798. She wears a bonnet, lilac fichu, low-cut classical style dress, sandals. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V
Fashionable couple on the terrace of the Tuileries, Paris, Year VI, 1798. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V. after an illustration by Francois Courboin from Octave Uzannes Fashion in Paris
King Sandaineh of Saloum, Senegambia, 18th centuryKing Sandaineh of Saloum, seated on a couch of reeds, Wolof or Jolof Empire, Senegambia, 18th century. In gold crown, cotton tunic, smoking a tobacco pipe. Scimitar and saddle on the walls
Armorial shields of the crossbowmens guild, lateArmorial shields of members of the crossbowmens guild in Munich, late 15th century. A Hans Duke of Bavaria, 1463, B Hainrich 1486, C Hans Duke of Saarwerden, D unknown, E C
