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Ginger Rogers / AstaireGINGER ROGERS American film actress and dancer, dancing with Fred Astaire
Irish DancersA crowd watching girls performing traditional Irish dancing at Killybegs, County Donegal, Ireland
Flapper on Bonnet 1927A girl on a bonnet: wears a skimpy sleeveless white drop waist dress hitched up to expose her thighs, T-bar shoes, a cloche hat & a scarf a la Isadora Duncan
Coat & Fox Terrier 1927Wrap over coat in a small checked fabric with cuff detail, hip pockets, long fur roll collar & fur lining worn with court shoes & a cloche hat pulled over the eyes
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
Bathing Belle on PierA flirtatious young woman in a two-piece bathing costume of side lacing shorts & striped tunic adjusts her black stockings. N.B espadrilles with ribbon lacing
Pierrot and Columbine -- Smile, PleaseColumbine tickles a gloomy Pierrot with a peacock feather and asks him to Smile, Please!
Stockings 1920S PhotoA young woman, wearing a fur coat, cloche hat & T-bar shoes, lifts her leg up on a bench in order to reveal her stocking tops & garters
Margot Fonteyn repairing her ballet shoesMargot Fonteyn (1919-1991), British ballet dancer, pictured at her Kensington home repairing her ballet shoes around the time she danced the role of Aurora in Sleeping Beauty at a Royal Command Gala
Little TichLITTLE TICH (Harry Relph) Music hall entertainer (1867 - 1928), posed in his famous 28" boots called slapshoes, for his Big Boot dance. Date: c.1905
David Wright woman in a red swimsuitElegant woman with red hair, wearing a one-piece red swimsuit, red shoes, and a wide brimmed floppy hat. She is sitting on a table with a red and white tablecloth
His Broadcast Masters Voice by George StuddyA spoof on the famous His Masters Voice logo featuring a dog listening to a gramophone; Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy
Red, White and Blue by David Wright, showing a woman choosing from a selection of shoes. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
A Variety of ladies boots 1926Ladies 1920s boots in willow calf, felt lace, riding, quilted, buttoned, lace-up and rubber. Date: circa 1926
Jester carrying a wassail bowlA jester in red and blue costume, carrying a wassail bowl and enjoying the aroma coming from it. Wassail was a medieval drink, a kind of punch made from hot mulled cider
Naked little girl looking in the mirrorA little girl wearing nothing but her shoes and socks, and pink ribbons in her hair, looks in the mirror and says " Goodness, Is That Me!" She is holding an apple in her left hand
French maid taking a break and enjoying a cigarette before her next duty calls.... Date: 1910s
David Wright woman reclining in black lingerieElegant woman with blonde hair, reclining on her bed in black lingerie and red shoes. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour
Cobblers shop front, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, South WalesView of a cobblers shop front in St David s, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The cobbler and his apprentice (possibly his son) stand outside the shop
Blacksmith at work in his forgeAn elderly blacksmith hammering a horseshoe on his anvil. The owner of the horse awaiting a new set of shoes looks in at the window, while the blacksmiths cat scratches an ear on the work bench
Wrapping Gifts 1950SFestive model in red baby doll nightie with broderie Anglaise trim & white slingback shoes sits on a cushion & wraps presents, showing her knickers in the process
Two Cobblers Mend ShoesTwo cobblers, seated on a low bench in their workshop, set about repairing shoes and fitting new soles
Brochure illustration, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, showing the Footshape Works where the boots and shoes are made, with addresses of branches below, in London, Bradford, Brighton and Leicester
Female high jumper in orange costumeA female high jumper in an orange costume leaping over a pole
Shoemakers, TunisiaTwo shoemakers in their small workshop, Tunisia
The Faithful Heart by George StuddyA little dog with mournful eyes, obviously alarmed at his owners sea bathing antics, paddles as far as he can into the water holding her dress
Rayne shoes advertisementAdvertisement for some particularly spikey and vertiginous stiletto heels by Rayne shoes, featuring crown neolite soles, made only Goodyear
BreakdancingA breakdancer spins round on his back and stuns his teenage onlookers. Note the profusion of of white clothes and stilettos, slip-on shoes with white socks, perms and mullets
SHOES 1899A pair of gentlemens lace-up half-boots or Town Boots and a pair of ladies shoes with a Louis heel complete with shoe trees are left outside a hotel room for boots to polish
Holeproof Hosiery 1924A woman, so proud & pleased with her Holeproof stockings, bends down to admire them while she daintily lifts her black see-through shift out of the way
Brochure cover, W Barratt & Co Ltd, NorthamptonBrochure cover design, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, advertising boots by post, with a circular illustration of the Footshape Works where the boots are made. Date: 20th century
Misfitz - Robin Hood. early 20th century
CobblerMaking a wooden shoe. Date: 1950s
David Wright woman in a white bikiniElegant woman with blonde hair, wearing a white bikini and shoes to match. She is sitting on the grass, with a wide-brimmed floppy hat at her side
Three German SunloversOne-piece bathing costumes for men & women. His is striped, the ladys ones have V -necks & short legs. The lady in the sleeveless costume wears bathing shoes or espadrilles
Boy Repairs Boots / 1930A boy is taught to mend his own boots in classes at a London School
Mother and daughters at a London bus stopA mother and her two daughters waiting for a No.6 bus at Shirland Road, Maida Vale, London W9. They are all smartly dressed, but the houses in the background are showing postwar shabbiness
Wartime advert for Dolcis shoes. Date: 1943
Three Sikh men, India. Date: 1843
Kaufmann Lady Cycle Troupe refined trick cyclists. One bicycle in photograph with the lady cyclists wearing ruched shorts to the knee, long sleeved blouses, tights and flat shoes
Advert for Raoul Shoe Company 1912French footwear, womens shoes for all occasions, street, town, seaside, tennis, walking, evening and court. 1912
Poster, Nil Simile, The Ladys Shoe, sold by W F Heddon, Bridge Street, Carmarthen, Wales. Date: circa 1920
Telegram Boys 1930SA line-up of smart young telegraph boys with immaculate uniforms and highly polished shoes
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
Drunken man staggering home - about to hit lampostRacing Illustrated - " Some delay at the post!" - a gentleman who has had a serious session at the Old Blue Bell (see 10909661) endeavours to make his way home
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons wedding shoesClose up photograph showing the elegant, embroidered T-bar shoes worn by Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon for her wedding to Prince Albert, Duke of York on 26 April 1923. Date: 1923
The Red Shoes -- a young girl dressed in white for her confirmation looks at her reflection in a large oval mirror. Rather daringly, she is wearing red shoes! early 20th century
Arrested by an undercover police officerAn undercover female police officer springs her Honey Trap on an unsuspecting criminal, who goes from a jolly evening with a fetching lady to staring down the barrel of a revolver!
