Shoe Collection

Hermes, 1886. Artist: Jonnard
Hermes, 1886. The Greek god Hermes with winged helmet and sandals. From The Magazine of Art. [Cassell & Company, London, 1886]

Back View Of Car With Just Married Sign
UNITED STATES - Circa 1930s: Back View Of Car With Just Married Sign. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Traditional Japanese Woodblock Geishas in a Garden
This print shows two Geishas tending to plants in a garden. There are several pots of different shapes and sizes

Blacksmith at White Hart, Petworth - July 1939
Horse and handler with blacksmith filing front hoof. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N18447

Blacksmith & Horse 19C
A blacksmith puts a new shoe on a bay mare

A Variety of ladies boots 1926
Ladies 1920s boots in willow calf, felt lace, riding, quilted, buttoned, lace-up and rubber. Date: circa 1926

Cobblers shop front, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View of a cobblers shop front in St David s, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Shepherd with sheep, horse and dog
A delightful scene on a country track in Cumbria showing a lakeland shepherd carrying home a lame member of his flock, accompanied by his trusty hound and a fine white horse

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

Brochure cover, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton
Brochure 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

Dominion Theatre and Horse Shoe Hotel
The Horse Shoe Hotel next door to the Dominion Theatre on Tottenham Court Road, London

Rayne shoes advertisement
Advertisement for some particularly spikey and vertiginous stiletto heels by Rayne shoes, featuring crown neolite soles, made only Goodyear

Charity Bootblacks
To raise money for hospitals, English girls offer their services as shoeblacks to passing gentlemen in the streets of London

Boy Repairs Boots / 1930
A boy is taught to mend his own boots in classes at a London School

Trying on that Slipper
Trying on the slipper

SHOES 1899
A 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

Dickens / Pickwick Papers
Sam Weller - Mr Pickwicks servant who councils his master with Cockney wisdom

Advert for Raoul Shoe Company 1912
French 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

Robins on a horseshoe on a New Year card
Robins on a horseshoe with rural snow scene on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Singer Sewing Machine - Shoe Repairers Machine model 29K53. 1932

George Ernest Studdy, Got Im! Bonzo is delighted on the occasion of his owners marriage. Originally published as Valentine postcard no. 347. Date: circa 1920

Thessaloniki, Greece - Bootblack Date: circa 1916

Picture No. 10898363
Cat - Siberian kittens - sleeping on old shoe / trainer / sneaker Date:

Native American Indians do the Snow-Shoe Dance

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons wedding shoes
Close 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

CHAPLIN: GOLD RUSH. 1925. Charlie Chaplin eating his shoe in a scene from his film The Gold Rush, 1925

St. Ives Harbour wall, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

People of Lebanon
Maronite of Lebanon (left), armed Zeibek, and Christian Lebanese woman. Antique hand-colored print

Raoul Shoe Company 1912
Chic Parisian footwear offered for sale in Regent St featuring a brogue shoe, fancy top boot, seaside shoe, French shoes and court shoe

Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, London, 1885
Engraving showing a series of scenes of Clissold Park and the surrounding area, 1885. The images show (clockwise from top): Horse-Shoe Field; Church Street; Old Yew Tree; the Old Church

Golden Retriever - aid dog carrying a slipper in mouth
ME-1436 Golden Retriever - aid dog carrying a slipper in mouth Johan De Meester Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Chinese Foot-Binding
The damage caused by the practise of Chinese foot- binding to the structure of the foot, and the foot as it would appear encased in a shoe

The meridian Line also known as The Siesta, 1888-1889 (Oil on Canvas)
7212109 The meridian Line also known as The Siesta, 1888-1889 (Oil on Canvas) by Gogh, Vincent van (1853-90); Musee d Orsay, Paris, France; (add.info.: The meridian Line also known as The Siesta)

Shoe shine Lisbon, Portugal
A young shoe shine man reads a newspaper while waiting for his next customer in a Lisbon street Portugal. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

A noble lady of Constantinople wearing Hammam shoes. Private Collection

Boots worn by Queen Alexandra at a fancy dress ball, on show at a fair. 8 October 1934

X-ray Stiletto High-Heeled Shoe
Coloured X-ray of a female leg wearing Stiletto High-Heeled Shoe

Honeymoon taxi / W H Robinson
The best man need no longer grovel under back axles to attach boots and horseshoes etc

Just Wright by David Wright showing a glamorous woman fixing her shoe. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940s

Buttermarket, Thame
Street scene at Buttermarket in Thame, Oxon. A couple with a bicycle walk down the street past a shoe shop and pub

Prince Rupert, 1st Duke of Cumberland and Count Palatine of the Rhine (1619-1682)
7338039 Prince Rupert, 1st Duke of Cumberland and Count Palatine of the Rhine (1619-1682), 1834-45 (oil painting) by Lely, Peter (1618-80) (after); 240x149.9 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

"Bather". Woman in bathing suit Italy. Date of Photograph:1954 ca

Wartime advert for Dolcis shoes. Date: 1943

Hinmatoowyalahtq it (Chief Joseph), 1879. Creator: Charles Milton Bell
Hinmatoowyalahtq it (Chief Joseph), 1879

Thessaloniki, Greece - Cobblers - Arch of Galerius
Thessaloniki, Greece - Cobblers working beneath the 4th century Triumphal Arch of Galerius (part of the Rotunda Complex). Date: circa 1910s

Works Picnic of Messrs C & E Lewis - Shoe Manufacturers, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1904

Gone
A jetty in Busaiteen bay, Muharraq; overlooking Manama in the background. Long exposure image

Advert for Dolcis shoes, shopping with five coupons 1941
With five wartime coupons you could buy one pair of shoes from Dolcis. Casual shoes with contrasting coloures with a crepe sole and side lace. Casual shoes with 3 eyelette tie at front in suede

Rayne shoes advertisement, 1953
Advertisement for Rayne shoes, in particular their range of brocade heels for memorable evenings. Date: 1953

ATLANTIC CITY: WOMEN. Four New York bathing beauties at the carnival in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Photograph, c1922

Bird. Robin on frosty boot
JD-20676 Bird. Robin on frosty boot Erithacus rubecula John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Grey Squirrel Standing on old boot Norfolk UK
FEU-524 Grey Squirrel Standing on old boot Norfolk UK Sciurus carolinensis Geoff du Feu Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

St Crispins Day (engraving)
5997810 St Crispins Day (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Crispins Day)

European shoes, slippers and boots
European shoes and boots: Russian boot 1, Russian womans sandal 2, Finnish womans sandal 3, Finnish womans slipper 4, Finnish bejeweled shoes 5, 6, Hungarian mans boot 7

The slippers An interior of house in Holland - Painting by Samuel Hoogstraten (1626-1678
JLJ4591163 The slippers An interior of house in Holland - Painting by Samuel Hoogstraten (1626-1678) (ec flam) 17th century Sun 1, 03x0, 70 m Paris, Musee du Louvre by Hoogstraten

Boot factory of Messrs, Manfield and Sons, Ltd. Northampton. Making room. No. of hands - 147. Pulling over uppers. April 1930

Our Boys Clothing Company, riding and top boots
Our Boys Clothing Company riding and top boots. Date: c.1895

Poster advertising Walder shoes, showing a dog holding an elegant pink shoe in its mouth. circa 1930

Brochure cover, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton
Brochure cover design, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, advertising Footshape boots by post. Depicting an 18th century scene with a coach and horses and a road sign: Boots by Post in 1780

ALASKA: ESKIMO CHILD. Eskimo child standing on a fur rug, Alaska. Photograph, early 20th century

Holocaust memorial along the Danube river

Advert for Frontier by Joyce California shoes 1941
Gallant and gay. if yours is a border-line case of not knowing whether to buy on style or economy, we d suggest you look at Cool-ees by Joyce

Ragged School Union - Cobbling Class
Boys at work in the shoe-making workshop at a home run by the Ragged School Union Date: circa 1907

WORLD WAR I: LIBERTY LOAN. Keep These Off the U.S.A. American World War I Liberty Loan poster

The Heated Shoe, 1921
Illustration showing an invention patented in 1921 for a shoe with a hot water undersole, designed to keep ones feet warm on cold days

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

Society & Shop Girls
Two elegant, society ladies are attended to by a shop girl who sees to their every whim. Several pairs of discarded shoes lie about the floor for the assistant to pick up later

Champagne from a Shoe
A gentleman asks a lady to remove her shoe, so that he may drink champagne from it; they say it tastes better that way

SHOE-BLACK 1877
A Shoe-Black boy cleans and shines a gentlemans shoes on a wooden block

The day we went jumping in puddles
Kirsten A©Howard Ashton-Jones 2018. Howard Ashton-Jones

Woman sitting in chair, rubbing her feet
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Woman sitting in chair, rubbing her feet

People stick Israeli flags on their shoes during a protest against the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Mumbai, India, January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade

Young woman posing confidently in a short black dress with high heels Young woman posing confidently in a short black dress with high heels

Nike Air Max 90 LTR Black Grey and Yellow Men Sports Sneakers - 652980-007

white sneakers and blue ball gown

Takalmi (shoe) of Hausa, Middle Niger Valley, Niger and Nigeria
DGA2583296 Takalmi (shoe) of Hausa, Middle Niger Valley, Niger and Nigeria; Museo della Calzatura e della Tecnica Calzaturiera 'Petro Bertolini', Castello Visconteo Sforzesco, Vigevano

Knee high boot, 1933, Italian Army, Italy, 20th century
DGA2583226 Knee high boot, 1933, Italian Army, Italy, 20th century; Museo della Calzatura e della Tecnica Calzaturiera 'Petro Bertolini', Castello Visconteo Sforzesco, Vigevano

Suede loafers with decorative beads, Cheyenne tribes, Nevada, USA
DGA2583222 Suede loafers with decorative beads, Cheyenne tribes, Nevada, USA; Museo della Calzatura e della Tecnica Calzaturiera 'Petro Bertolini', Castello Visconteo Sforzesco, Vigevano

Oriental wooden clogs inlaid with mother of pearl, India, 19th century
DGA2583218 Oriental wooden clogs inlaid with mother of pearl, India, 19th century; Museo della Calzatura e della Tecnica Calzaturiera 'Petro Bertolini', Castello Visconteo Sforzesco

Women's sandal Trieste with floral decorations, 1936-1940, Italy, 20th century, Detail
DGA2583206 Women's sandal Trieste with floral decorations, 1936-1940, Italy, 20th century, Detail; Museo della Calzatura e della Tecnica Calzaturiera 'Petro Bertolini'

Portrait of a young boy (b/w photo)
LLM8635403 Portrait of a young boy (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of a young boy. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

Lady's boot made in Italy in 1905 - 1910
DGA1089615 Lady's boot made in Italy in 1905 - 1910; (add.info.: Lady's boot made in Italy in 1905-1910.); © NPL - DeA Picture Library / G. Cigolini

Moses and the Burning Bush; in an architectural framework. From the Hours of the Virgin
BL3284032 Moses and the Burning Bush; in an architectural framework. From the Hours of the Virgin.; British Library, London, UK; (add.info.: Book of Hours Illustrator: Horenbout, Gerard S)

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Step into the world of shoes with this captivating collection of images. From the elegant Hermes shoe design by Jonnard in 1886 to the bustling blacksmith and horse scene from the 19th century, each picture tells a unique story. Immerse yourself in Japanese culture as you admire traditional woodblock geishas strolling through a vibrant garden. Witness the craftsmanship of W Barratt & Co Ltd's brochure illustration, showcasing Northampton's rich shoemaking heritage. Transport yourself back to July 1939 and witness a blacksmith at White Hart, Petworth, skillfully forging shoes for horses. Explore St Davids' cobblers shop front in Pembrokeshire, South Wales - a testament to timeless craftsmanship. Marvel at David Wright's artwork "Red, White and Blue, " featuring an array of stylish ladies' boots from 1926. Experience the grandeur of Dominion Theatre alongside Horse Shoe Hotel - where entertainment meets comfort. Observe a shepherd tending to his flock while accompanied by his loyal horse and dog. And who can resist that magical moment when Cinderella tries on her glass slipper? Finally, indulge in Rayne Shoes' advertisement that promises both style and quality. Whether it be historical or contemporary designs, these images celebrate the artistry behind footwear throughout time. So step into this visual journey through shoe history and let your imagination walk alongside these remarkable creations.