Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0312Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of a few people sitting in front of a store front where a multitude of sandles are on display. Above the image "T552 (Star)" is printed, below the image "14058T All Sorts and Sizes - A Japanese Shoe Shop." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company COPYRIGHTED Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
14058
ALL SORTS AND SIZES - A JAPANESE SHOE SHOP
Wearers of clogs claim a sanitary advantage over wears of shoes. Then glogs have also the advntage that they are easily put on and taken off. As no Japanese of the old school wears shoes in the hosue, he prefers footwear that goes on and off easily at the door. The third advntage of clogs is that they are cheap, as low as five or ten cents. These three are their good points. On the other side, they are hard, cold, loose, clattering, and the thong is easily broken. If a thong breaks as a person is walking hurriedly, a fall and injury may result. But some clogs are made with wooden soles and cloth uppers, which encloses the foot like shoes.
The Japanese sock is made with a separate compartment for the big toe. The thong of the ordinary clog passes between the first and second toes. The price of clogs depends on the quality of the wood - bamboo, white-wood, or whatever it may be - and upon the amount and quality of the uppers. Some are quite elegant and costly. Clogs are used in great numbers in France and other countries of Europe. In the United State shoes with wooden soles are used by dyers, bleachers, chemical workers, and others. Expensive clogs with fancy uppers are used by clog dancers on the modern vaudeville stage.
Here we see a mother with her youngest child comfortably slung upon her back in a pouch of the kimono, a fashion quite general in Japan, as among certain other races, notably the American Indians and the Eskimos.
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