Toe Collection

Young Lady doing a pedicure on herself (before getting dressed!). Date: circa 1920s

Semi-veiled woman at Muscat, Oman

Chloroform / Experiment
Hannah Greener, who became the first fatality under chloroform anasethesia during a minor operation to have a toe nail removed

Pin-Up in Gold Mules
Smiling blonde, wearing a white camisole top, a bold floral print skirt, a lace petticoat and gold peep-toe mules, shows a leg as she squats by a garden pond

Writing / a Rebus
A poor old MAN was driving a PIG TOE mARKet with a STRING tEYEd TOE its LEG wHEN by SUM accident the PIG got loose. The MAN ran after him BUTT PIGgy sCAPEd... now read on

Australopithecine or Homo habilis foot (OH8) cast
Cast of a near complete foot (OH 8) from an Australopthecus or Homo habilis discovered at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania by Louis Leakey in 1960. It dates back to 1.75 million years ago

Tennis Pin-Up 1950S
An athletic, glamorous blonde in pristine whites (shorts, blouse, plimsolls, bobby socks & red belt), wooden racquet & with fuzzy balls in hand, stands on tip-toe at the net

Nursery rhyme, This Little Pig
Depiction of the nursery rhyme, This Little Pig -- This little pig went to market, This little pig stayed at home, etc

Pink Court Shoes 1948
A pink high heeled court shoe with peep toes, punched hole decoration and winged heel detail - hence the name Pegasus

Tubercular syphilis symptoms on the body
Syphilitic tubercules on the torso and arms 1, and suppurating tubercular syphilide on the face.Chromolithograph by T. Sinclaire from Freeman J. Bumsteads Atlas of Venereal Diseases, Henry C

Teddy Myers, woman wrestler
Teddy Myers, aka Dott O Dell and Zella Wiseman, woman wrestler born in Missouri. At twenty-four years of age she weighed 164lb and claimed the world heavy-weight championship for women

Edna Mayne music hall toe and sand dancer
Edna Mayne music hall toe dancer and sand dancer. The sand dance was an eccentric dance with exaggerated movements while dressed in an approximation of Egyptian dress. Date: circa 1911

Daisy Jerome music hall mimic, comic singer and dancer
Daisy Jerome music hall mimic, toe dancer and wooden shoe dancer. A comic singer with a reputation for sauciness. Here depicted in a toe dancing pose wearing ballet shoes

Womans high-heel shoe design in purple leather, 1930
Womans high-heel shoe design in purple leather with red lace-up panel and snakeskin toe within abstract art deco shooting star border

Highest Life in London, Tom & Jerry Sporting a Toe among the Corinthians at Almack's in the West Date: 1821

Advertisement for Lotus, open-toe heeled shoes. Date: 1950

Nellie Naivette, in The Carnival Dance Date: 1890s

Original Artwork - Fold-out Christmas card
Original Artwork - Design for a fold-out Christmas card showing a little girl surprised to find a cheeky mouse has nibbled through the toe of her stocking! Date: circa 1937

Helen Gray in The Toe Jazzbuck - a novelty Buck
Helen Gray (headliner on the Keith-Albee Vaudeville Circuit) showing The Toe Jazzbuck - a novelty Buck and Wing Toe dance, 1927 featuring Butterfly, Gilda Gray Strut, Charleston Glide

Dipping a toe in the water
Victorian child coming out of a bathing machine and venturing into the sea. Date: circa 1904

Visitors to St Peter s, Rome, kiss the toe of the statue of Saint Peter, trusting that this will be seen as a sign of their devotion and suitably rewarded Date: 1881

Mercury Date: 1850

Womens shoes 1908
A selection of smart, front lacing boots. One pair has a shaped heel & patent leather toe. Date: 1908

Child finds a crab on its toe
Children playing in the shallows discover a crab at the end of one of their toes. Date: 1922

Nursery rhyme, This Little Pig
Depiction of the nursery rhyme, This Little Pig -- This little pig went to market, This little pig stayed at home, etc

Afghan Fruit Seller, Afghanistan. Date: circa 1905

The punishment of Adoni-Bezek, a Canaanite king who, having subdued seventy of the chiefs that were around him, was attacked by the armies of Judah and Simeon and suffered the same fate

Pin-Up in Shorts 1950S
A smiling blonde girl poses on a striped towel wearing shorts, her boyfriends checked shirt with the sleeves rolled up & high heeled, peep-toe mules. She holds a straw hat. Date: 1950s

Pair of feet with comic verse on a Christmas card
Pair of feet with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Tattooed Marquesan
A man of the Marquesas Islands, tattooed from top to toe Date: 1850

Advert for Dolcis shoes 1936
Shoes for the cruise from the worlds most beautiful shoe store. In the minds of smart women the new Dolcis super shoe store has in one month become the Rendezvous of fashion lovers. Its visitors

Crab bites a young boys toe
A rather Brattish looking young child getting his seaside comeuppance, as a crab takes a fancy to his big toe! Date: 1903

Game / Rebus / 19C
A poor old MAN was driving a PIG TOE mARKet with a STRING tEYEd TOE its LEG wHEN by SUM accident the PIG got loose. The MAN ran after him BUTT PIGgy sCAPEd... now read on

Woolly Stockings C. 1940
A smiling young woman, reclining on tasselled cushions, pulls on a wool stocking while pointing her toe in the air

Showgirl Maria Ley 1926
Mademoiselle Maria Ley, draped from head to toe in a large pink ostrich feather boa, and not alot else

Two women police officers escorting woman, London
Two women police officers, one of them a sergeant, escorting a woman into a London police station. The notice board on the left displays a few Reward posters. Date: circa 1950s

Doublet, Hose & Points
The man holding stones wears hose & a doublet attached by means of laces called points (poins). His boots have a slightly pointed toe. Another man wears a full length gown. Date: 15th century

Tall Candle
A tall thin lady stands on tip-toe to light an even taller, even thinner candle 1920s

Music cover, Going Up at the Gaiety Theatre, London
Music cover, Going Up at Gaiety Theatre, London - depicting people standing on a flying biplane. Ev rybody Ought to Know How to do the Tickle Toe. circa 1916

A Bit Off by H. M. Bateman
A Bit Off! The Chiropodist Who Dropped Her Knife. An alarmed podiatrist tries to calm her patient, a blustering, Colonel-type typical of H. M

Tokay Gecko - adult front foot holding onto a corner of a building (Gecko gecko ). Bohol - Philippines - Early morning - February

Advert for Shoolbreds womens footwear 1916
Footwear of distinction, womens smart kid shoes available at Shoolbreds department store in Tottenham Court Road, London 1916

Advert for Bantam by Joyce California shoes 1946
Peep toe blue sandals by Bantam by Joyce California, fitted by Saxone. 1946

Advert for Lotus peep toe shoes 1950
Glamorous woman wearing a pair of Lotus peep toe shoes. Date: 1950

Advert for Dolcis peep toe sandals 1950
Dolcis proudly announce the new Californian Lana. Date: 1950

Peep Toe Sandals 1937
An advertisement for Dolcis shoes including a selection of high heeled peep toe sandals in various colours. 1937

Three boys escape their savage captors during the night
Three boys escape their savage captors (drunk on brandy) during the night, grabbing some of their clothes to wear in the process. Date: 1898

Megapezia footprints
Shown here are the fossilized footprints thought to have been made c. 340m yrs ago by Megapezia. Specimen originates from Yorkshire, England

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