Shoe Collection (page 15)

J Hassall. Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet... 20th century

Macedonian shoe shine boys Date: circa 1913

Princely Costume C17Th
German Princely costumes: Armour worn with a lace edge sash, falling collar & reverse cuffs; breeches & doublet trimmed with lace - even the shoe roses are made of lace. Date: 1625 - 1640

Book cover design, Two Well-Worn Shoe Stories, showing a red-haired girl and her two dogs looking at a picture book. 1899

Hawes Market 1950S
The shoe stall, a market day scene at Hawes, Yorkshire, England, with the tower and its church in the background. Date: late 1950s

Shoe shop, New York
Bates & Co. 176 Duane St. Interior of the empty A.J. Bates & Co.s 176 Duane Street shoe store; shoes and plants visible

Abercrombie & Fitch, New York
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Sporting Goods, Interiors of Salesroom with Customers. Man trying on a pair of what appear to be riding boots in the Abercrombie & Fitch sales room

David Wright woman in frilly yellow evening dress
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a low-cut yellow evening dress with layers of frills in flamenco style. She has one foot up on a stool, straightening her stockings

Double page spread in a diary for 23-28 October
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 23-28 October. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Bear Hotel and shops, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A view up the High Street in the town centre, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales, showing the Bear Hotel at the top, and various shops on either side

Shoe mending class, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Boys in a shoe mending class at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Skiing on a Shoestring with Thomas Cook
A poster or handbill advertising Skiing on a Shoestring, new low-cost holidays through Thomas Cook. Ski boots, ski poles and skis are arranged in a cartoon-style image

Dressing Time by Muriel Dawson
A sweet little girl with a blunt bobbed hair cut and blue dress finishes dresses by putting on her red shoes

National Shoe and Leather Bank, New York
National Shoe and Leather Bank and Chambers Buildings, New York City, America

Shoemaking Workshop, Holborn Union Workhouse, Mitcham
The shoemaking workshop at the Holborn Union workhouse, Mitcham, Surrey. Male inmates are at work making and repairing shoes for use in the workhouse

Indian Street Cobbler

Georgia - Abkhazia - Cobbler in Sukhumi
Turkish Cobbler in Sukhumi, the capital of Abkhazia, a disputed region on the Black Sea coast, which has been recognized (from 2008) as an independent state by Russia, Venezuela and Nicaragua

Shoeshining - India
A shoe shiner demands the payment of two rupees for the fine job he has done to buff up a fine shine in his clients pait of smart black shoes at his streetside stall

Cleaning Boots
A man cleaning his boots in his bedroom

Blue shoes from Harrods
A stylish pair of blue and white patterned ladies court shoes with a short heel, from Harrods, London

A Shoeshine boy - New Years Card
Shoeshine boy from Algeria, holding a bunch of flowers, wishing the cards recipient a Happy 1906 !

Hiltons Shoe Company Store
Hiltons Shoe Company. The Branch Manager and his young employee stand outside the shop, which has taken direct branding to a new level - preventing even the casual passer-by from ever forgetting

Selfridges, London - Ladys Boot Section
Selfridges & Co, Oxford Street, London - Ladys Boot Section. Founded by American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947), the Flagship store in Oxford Street was opened in 1909

Cleaning Shoes
A seated bearer cleaning a pair of massive black boots, a pair of safari boots and a pair of black leather gaiters

Shoeshine Boy - Turkey
Turkish shoeshine boy (or in this case man!) brushes his clients boots to a gleaming finish

Humourous postcard - Foreign Tourists
A funny cartoon, lampooning tourists to Egypt as Pigeons plucked by Egyptian Vultures

Breuillards device to assist walking
Dr. Charles Breuillards device to assist walking, basically a spring-loaded shoe insert, which aids the raising of the heel

Toy bears and Alphabet Squares
Two toy teddy bears, a pile of A, B, C alphabet blocks and a solitary yellow childs shoe

How to Brighten Hotel Life: Preventing the Bathroom Boredom
Maid and shoe cleaner dancing to entertain the guests who are waiting to use the bathroom. One of a series specially drawn for The Sketch by Joyce Dennys

The Boot Shop. A young girl wearing a white bonnet and holding a white muff, tries a new pair of boots, shown to her still in the box by the shop attendant

Police Squad
Led by their sergeant, a clutch of constables march to their duties, passing a shoe black who uses only Carrs Blacking - no doubt this is an advertisement ?

Lear / Nonsense / Ryde
There was a Young Lady of Ryde, Whose shoe-strings were seldom untied. She purchased some clogs, and some small spotted dogs, and frequently walked about Ryde

Dolcis shoes advertisement
Advertisement for Dolcis shoe salons, showing some of their latest designs and a picture of a woman in a long bias cut pink dress and floppy hat, typical of 1930

Christian propaganda postcard
A postcard depicting the Ayasofya Mosque with a fascinating inset picture showing the Turkish crescent shoe stamping on the Christian cross and on the reverse of the card the caption reads

PUMP SHOES
Cutaway calf pump shoe with baby heel and black patent vamp and black patent pump with rouleau rosette

Patent Pump Shoes
Shiny black patent pump shoe with punched brogue vamp and chunky heel

SHOES
Beige suede high fronted chukker boot, black calf ghillie laced shoe, sepia suede shoe with buckled strap and white buckskin shoe banded and buckled with solid heel

Black Patent Pump Shoes
American campus girl pump in black patent with high vamp and thick heel by Margaret Jerrold

SHOES
Calf high boots in taupe suede with black laced fronts and stacked heels and trotters in brown suede with leather lacing on high vamps

SHOES
Suede shoe with buttoned strap and open back, suede slingback shoe with suede bow, calf slingback with flat petersham bow, calf spat fronted shoe with suede inset, calf sandal

SHOES
Leather court shoe banded with calf, calf sandal finely stripped with white, calf shoe with buckled slingback, town shoe in calf and suede at Charles Jourdan, and punched

SHOES
Beige suede slingback with oval toe and covered heel, mustard suede shoe with front cut outs, sandy suede shoe with broad buckled strap and olive leather shoe with

Patent and Tan Calf Boot
Trimmed black patent and tan calf boot with sloping heel and lacing by Cristel. In front, donkey suede and patent pump, patent walking shoe and patent ankle strap shoe

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

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