A colorful Victorian calling card with a shoe and flowers.
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When I purchased this unused real photo postcard at a postcard show a few weeks ago, I thought it would be a straightforward matter to determine whose shoes these were.
My first thought was that they belonged to someone like Robert Wadlow (1918-1940), who at 8 feet 11.1 inches "was the tallest person in history for whom there is irrefutable evidence." And, in fact, Wadlow's shoes as pictured on the Giant Shoes page (part of The Tallest Man) do seem similar to the larger one shown in the card above.
But since Wadlow was born in 1918, the smaller shoe from 1882 couldn't be his, and the larger shoe from 1926 dates to when Wadlow was 8 years old. Surely he wasn't wearing shoes that large at such a young age!
So, has anyone else seen anything similar to this? Any ideas for further investigation would be gratefully received.
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So why is a kid with a dopey expression hoisting a giant flower-filled slipper onto another kid's back? It's just another Victorian-era mystery waiting to be solved in this curious illustration from an unused advertising trade card.
Originally posted on Ipernity: Oh Come Off!
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"Wooden Shoe Be My Valentine." Wouldn't you?
Originally posted on Ipernity: Wooden Shoe Be My Valentine.
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An advertising postcard for Nunn-Bush Shoes.
None But Nunn-Bush Shoes for Me!
Nunn-Bush Ankle-Fashioned Oxfords.
Most styles, $8.50 to $11.50, a few higher.
Nunn-Bush shoes are ankle-fashioned to make their trim lines last.
The John B. Wilt Co., "The Home of Good Clothes," Elkins, W. Va.
Originally posted on Ipernity: None But Nunn-Bush Shoes for Me!.
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