Sock Collection

Advert for The Boston mens sock garter 1930
For business wear. Men, fastidious with regard to their personal appearence, invaribably wera the Boston Garter. This represents efficiency and security with supreme comfort. Date: 1930

Croydon Aerodrome is Britains largest and most prestigious airport, with regular flights to the European Continent. Note the wind-sock which tells pilots the prevailing wind

Find the Fault card No. 20 -- woman knitting a sock. circa 1930s

Poster, JAT, Yugoslav Airlines Date: 20th century

Young people in fancy dress
An undated photograph showing young men and women in a variety of fancy dress, including a Victorian lady, a Pierrot, a sheikh and an enigmatic young man sporting a kilt with paint brush sporran

FALL / PAPILLON / DUMBELLS
Four papillons with wooden dumbells in their mouths. L to R: CHAMPION EMBER, RINGLANDS PANELA & SOCK, all OF BORDERCOT & PICAROON SCARAMOUCHE. Owner: Mrs Forman Date: 1963

Man in Khaki - instructions for knitting socks, WW1
Instruction sheet contained within the Man in Khaki sock knitting kit, which also came with a sock measure to ensure uniformity from knitters who were making socks for soldiers during the First World

Advert for Acaric mens sock suspender 1898
For gentlemen the Acaric, sock suspender, preventing slipping down of socks! Date: 1898

Weldons garments & hospital comforts, knitting booklet, WW1
Be useful in this time of war. Front cover of a Weldons booklet with instructions on how to make a variety of garments for soldiers and hospital comforts for wounded men

Sentinel knitting booklet, socks, WW1
Front cover of the Sentinel Knitting Booklet published by Charles Sykes and Co, of St. Andrews Mills, Bradford during the First World War

Man in Khaki WW1 sock knitting kit box and instructions
The Man in Khaki sock knitting kit, designed to make the knitting of socks for troops as simple and efficient as possible

Cornish Grandmother repairs her Grandsons Clothing
No more Flora for you my Son!. A Cornish Grandmother takes her Grandson over her knee to repair his torn shorts, the result of too much enthusiastic running through the undergrowth

Babies sock 1864
Victorian babies woolen sock. Date: 1864

Advert for Patent Electropathic socks 1882
Patent Electropathic socks, simply put inside the shoes or boots, and after a short time a continued and most beneficial warmth creating a bodily comfort

Handmade Christmas card in the shape of a stocking, with presents overflowing out of the top. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Little girl in pink on a circular Christmas card, sitting on grass and taking off her socks. Date: circa 1890s

Three children and stockings on a Christmas card
Three children with their stockings on a Christmas card, with a decorative border of fir tree branches and presents. Date: circa 1890s

Birds and stockings on a Christmas card
A little child looks up at a line of birds on a tree branch with their stockings waiting for gifts on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Violet Loraine knitting in Round the Map, WWI
Actress Violet Loraine, darning socks in her role in Round the Map at the Alhambra, where she sang a sock darning anthem to music composed by Herman Fink

Advert for Shoolbreds soldiers & sailors comforts 1915
Advertisement for Shoolbreds comforts for soldiers and sailors during the First World War. Army shirts, soldiers cardigan jackets and woven body belts are among the products advertised. 1915

Using socks to keep rifles in working order, WW1
A winters fighting expedient. A sock with the toe cut off and soaked in oil, used to cover the muzzle and keep a British soldiers rifle in good working order

Sock darning by men, WW1
A middle-aged man employed in darning a sock and rocking a baby - a reversal of roles during the First World War. Date: 1917

A Revolution in Sock Knitting, WW1 Australian leaflet
Front cover of a leaflet issued by Parmer & Company of Sydney, Australia, instructing knitters on how to knit two socks at the same time on a single set of knitting needles

American Red Cross leaflet, WW1 - knitting socks for soldier
A leaflet produced by the American Red Cross giving directions on knitting articles suitable for the Army, Navy and European sufferers

VAD matron and nurses at a French hospital, WW1
A group of VAD nurses, attached to the St Johns Ambulance Assocation, pictured at a hospital in France where they had been since the outbreak of war. The nurses wear arm brassards with the St

Woolcraft guide advertisement
Advertisement for the Woolcraft Practical Guide to Knitting and Crochet with an accompanying illustration showing a lady knitting a sock. Date: c.1915

WW1 knitting postcard
A small girl presents a pair of mis-shapen hand knitted khaki socks to a soldier and expresses the hope that they fit. He doesn t look convinced

Great Expectations by Harry Rountree
A meek, little mouse sits on a branch and waits hoping that Father Christmas will fill the threadbare stocking with some Christmas presents. Date: 1914

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

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

Advert for L & R Wooderson mens sock garter 1906
For gentlemen the Velvet Grip, Boston Garter comes in a varity of colours blue, pink, cardinal, black and white. Date: 1906

Dutch Peasant Girls knitting Fathers socks
Dutch Peasant Girls knitting their Father a pair of socks. Classic Dutch scene (including obligatory windmill) visible in background Date: circa 1910s

German Girl knits socks for her man on the frontline
A German Girl sits alone in her home knitting socks for her man who is away fighting on the Western Front. The captions translates as: " Fate is in Gods Hand - though Courage

German Bavarian Mother mends her young sons sock
Jolly German Bavarian Mother mends her happy young sons sock Date: circa 1910s

Mouse in a Christmas sock

She didn t know what to do
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children, she didn t know what to do -- an illustration to the nursery rhyme, showing the old woman not knowing where to start

Ladies Home Journal illustration
Illustration for the Ladies Home Journal, showing Father Christmas with a group of children

The Haberdasher and Hosier. A young boy in cap and jacket looks at a new tie

Coffee Strained in Sock
Coffee is strained through a sock by Indian cooks

Cavaliere Della Calza
A Cavaliere della Calza - member of an Italian military order : calza means sock

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