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Boot Collection (#6)

"Stepping into History: The Timeless Appeal of Boots" Boots have long been a symbol of style, functionality, and resilience

Background imageBoot Collection: Jewish old clothes dealer. Early 19th century

Jewish old clothes dealer. Early 19th century
865824 Jewish old clothes dealer. Early 19th century.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageBoot Collection: Peter I 'the Great' (colour engraving)

Peter I "the Great" (colour engraving)
CUL4859999 Peter I "the Great" (colour engraving) by Unknown Artist; (add.info.: Peter I " the Great" (1672-1725). Tsar of Russia (1682-1725). Russia (17th-18th centuries)

Background imageBoot Collection: Sidonie Espero, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Sidonie Espero, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Sidonie Espero, between c1915 and c1920. Shows actress Sidonie Espero

Background imageBoot Collection: Williams, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Williams, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Williams, between c1915 and c1920. Shows singer Irene Williams

Background imageBoot Collection: Col Chas. R. Howland & staff, 3 Dec 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. Col Chas. R

Col Chas. R. Howland & staff, 3 Dec 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. Col Chas. R. Howland & staff, 3 Dec 1918
Col Chas. R. Howland & staff, 3 Dec 1918. Colonel Charles Roscoe Howland (1871-1946) and staff at Wallendorf, Germany, after World War I, Dec. 3, 1918

Background imageBoot Collection: Belgians salute U.S. flag, 4 July 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Belgians salute U.S. flag, 4 July 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Belgians salute U.S. flag, 4 July 1918 (date created or published later). Allied Representatives at the Belgian General Headquarters saluting the American flag during the United States Independence

Background imageBoot Collection: Maj. T. Roosevelt, Jr. 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Maj. T. Roosevelt, Jr. 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Maj. T. Roosevelt, Jr. 1918. Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt Jr. (1887-1944), the son of President Theodore Roosevelt, who served in World War I

Background imageBoot Collection: Maj. T. [Theodore] Roosevelt, Jr. Lieut. C.R. Holmes, Sgt. J.A. Murphy, 5 Apr 1918

Maj. T. [Theodore] Roosevelt, Jr. Lieut. C.R. Holmes, Sgt. J.A. Murphy, 5 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Maj. T. [Theodore] Roosevelt, Jr. Lieut. C.R. Holmes, Sgt. J.A. Murphy, 5 Apr 1918. Lieutenant Christian R. Holmes and Sergeant James A

Background imageBoot Collection: 'Lord Riverdale's Repentance': the Last Home of the Riverdales - drawn by Samuel Read, 1862

"Lord Riverdale's Repentance": the Last Home of the Riverdales - drawn by Samuel Read, 1862. Illustration to a short story by William J. Stewart

Background imageBoot Collection: A Pictorial: the Second Syllable, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson

A Pictorial: the Second Syllable, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
A Pictorial: the Second Syllable, 1864. Christmas entertainment. From "Illustrated London News", 1864

Background imageBoot Collection: Group of the Police Force newly organised in Bengal, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson

Group of the Police Force newly organised in Bengal, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Group of the Police Force newly organised in Bengal, 1864. Engraving from a photograph. The group consists of the district Superintendent, two Inspectors, a head constable, a constable, and a sowar

Background imageBoot Collection: Gen. Bell & Gen. Crowder, between 1917 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. Gen. Bell & Gen

Gen. Bell & Gen. Crowder, between 1917 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service. Gen. Bell & Gen
Gen. Bell & Gen. Crowder, between 1917 and 1918. Franklin Bell (1856-1919), a U.S. Army officer and Enoch H. Crowder (1859-1932, a U.S. Army lawyer at Camp Upton, a U.S)

Background imageBoot Collection: Belgian officers, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

Belgian officers, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Belgian officers, 1917. Belgian generals studying a map during the visit of Albert I, King of the Belgians, to the Western Front, May 15, 1917 during World War I

Background imageBoot Collection: King Geo. sees German armor, 11 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

King Geo. sees German armor, 11 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King Geo. sees German armor, 11 Jul 1917. A British staff officer wearing a German breastplate and helmet as he speaks to King George V at Vimy Ridge, France, July 11, 1917 during World War I

Background imageBoot Collection: King Geo. decorates French Colonel, 7 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

King Geo. decorates French Colonel, 7 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King Geo. decorates French Colonel, 7 Jul 1917. King George V decorating the colonel in charge at the French Mission at Blendecques Chateau, July 7, 1917 during World War I

Background imageBoot Collection: Recruits of 1st Snowshoe Battalion, Munich, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Recruits of 1st Snowshoe Battalion, Munich, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Recruits of 1st Snowshoe Battalion, Munich, between c1915 and c1920. German soldiers on snowshoes during World War I

Background imageBoot Collection: Shoria Women Making Shoes, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov

Shoria Women Making Shoes, 1913. Creator: GI Ivanov
Shoria Women Making Shoes, 1913. From a collection of 109 photographs taken during a 1913 topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoria in the Altai region

Background imageBoot Collection: Interior of Eskimo hut, 1916. Creator: Lomen Brothers

Interior of Eskimo hut, 1916. Creator: Lomen Brothers
Interior of Eskimo hut, 1916

Background imageBoot Collection: Ia. M. Serebriakov's Tobacco Factory, Omsk. His Own Shops in Omsk and Tomsk, 1900-1914

Ia. M. Serebriakov's Tobacco Factory, Omsk. His Own Shops in Omsk and Tomsk, 1900-1914. Creator: Unknown
Ia. M. Serebriakov's Tobacco Factory, Omsk. His Own Shops in Omsk and Tomsk, 1900-1914. This collection includes tsarist-era advertisements

Background imageBoot Collection: 'The Meeting of Abraham's Servant with Rebekah at the Well', by W. Hilton, R.A... 1864

"The Meeting of Abraham's Servant with Rebekah at the Well", by W. Hilton, R.A... 1864
"The Meeting of Abraham's Servant with Rebekah at the Well", by W. Hilton, R.A. in the National Gallery, South Kensington, 1864. Engraving of a painting

Background imageBoot Collection: Wandering minstrels at Yokohama, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Wandering minstrels at Yokohama, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Wandering minstrels at Yokohama, 1864. Engraving of a sketch...by Mr. C. Wirgman, our special artist...of wandering musicians

Background imageBoot Collection: Gen. Kuhne, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. Kuhne, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Kuhne, between c1915 and c1920. Otto Viktor Ku¨hne (1857-1945) who was a German general during World War I

Background imageBoot Collection: German Army Photographer, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

German Army Photographer, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Army Photographer, between c1914 and c1915. A German army photographer seated in a vehicle during World War I

Background imageBoot Collection: Minsk: House of teenagers - shoe workshop, 1922. Creator: Unknown

Minsk: House of teenagers - shoe workshop, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Minsk: House of teenagers - shoe workshop, 1922. In the early part of the Stalin era, the Kremlin established a new administrative territory in the Soviet Far East--the Jewish Autonomous Region--to

Background imageBoot Collection: High boots of the shaman Markei from the Bezymyanny ulus, Selkups, 1920. Creator: A. G. Vargin

High boots of the shaman Markei from the Bezymyanny ulus, Selkups, 1920. Creator: A. G. Vargin
High boots of the shaman Markei from the Bezymyanny ulus, Selkups, 1920. V. I. Surikov Museum of Art in Krasnoiarsk

Background imageBoot Collection: Miner's festive costume, 1911. Creator: Unknown

Miner's festive costume, 1911. Creator: Unknown
Miner's festive costume, 1911. From a collection which includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageBoot Collection: Reading the Scriptures (panel)

Reading the Scriptures (panel)
BON70886 Reading the Scriptures (panel) by Priechenfried, Alois Heinrich (1867-1953); 59x79 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: by Alois Heinrich Priechenfried); Photo © Bonhams, London, UK

Background imageBoot Collection: Deserted street

Deserted street
Robert Kuavi

Background imageBoot Collection: New Orleans Ride XI

New Orleans Ride XI
Bethany Young

Background imageBoot Collection: 1961 London Motor Show

1961 London Motor Show
EARLS COURT, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 18: Renault R4 during the London Motor Show at Earls Court on October 18, 1961 in Earls Court, United Kingdom. (Photo by David Phipps / Sutton Images)

Background imageBoot Collection: lost

lost
fotomarion

Background imageBoot Collection: Conceptual boot

Conceptual boot
Jesús M. García

Background imageBoot Collection: 1969 Amsterdam Motor Show

1969 Amsterdam Motor Show
FEBRUARY 12: The Suzuki Fronte 360 storage compartment with spare wheel during the Amsterdam Motor Show on February 12, 1969. (Photo by LAT Images)

Background imageBoot Collection: 1979 Bertone Volvo Tundra Concept Car

1979 Bertone Volvo Tundra Concept Car
AUGUST 20: Concept Car, Bertone Volvo Tundra, 1979 during the Bertone Volvo Tundra Concept Car on August 20, 1979. (Photo by Rainer Schlegelmilch)

Background imageBoot Collection: Orator in Prison, late 18th century. Creator: Hubert Robert

Orator in Prison, late 18th century. Creator: Hubert Robert
Orator in Prison, late 18th century

Background imageBoot Collection: The Explorer A.E. Nordenskiöld, 1886. Creator: Georg von Rosen

The Explorer A.E. Nordenskiöld, 1886. Creator: Georg von Rosen
The Explorer A.E. Nordenskiold, 1886

Background imageBoot Collection: Man in a turban, c.1675-c.1725. Creator: Anon

Man in a turban, c.1675-c.1725. Creator: Anon
Man in a turban, c.1675-c.1725. Man wearing a purple-white striped kaftan, with a sash around his waist

Background imageBoot Collection: The Holy Family with the Infant St John, St Elizabeth and St Anna, 1538-1544

The Holy Family with the Infant St John, St Elizabeth and St Anna, 1538-1544. Creators: Vincent Sellaer, Frans Floris
The Holy Family with the Infant St John, St Elizabeth and St Anna, 1538-1544

Background imageBoot Collection: Fashion show, East Hampton, Long Island, between 1933 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Fashion show, East Hampton, Long Island, between 1933 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Fashion show, East Hampton, Long Island, between 1933 and 1942

Background imageBoot Collection: East Hampton hunt, 1933 Sept. Creator: Arnold Genthe

East Hampton hunt, 1933 Sept. Creator: Arnold Genthe
East Hampton hunt, 1933 Sept

Background imageBoot Collection: Blowing Wind, 1889. Creator: Chikanobu Yoshu

Blowing Wind, 1889. Creator: Chikanobu Yoshu
Blowing Wind, 1889

Background imageBoot Collection: Beauty in a Boat during a Rainstorm, c1804. Creator: Totoya Hokkei

Beauty in a Boat during a Rainstorm, c1804. Creator: Totoya Hokkei
Beauty in a Boat during a Rainstorm, c1804

Background imageBoot Collection: Geisha and Attendants by a Wharf in the Fukagawa district, c1780. Creator: Kitao Masanobu

Geisha and Attendants by a Wharf in the Fukagawa district, c1780. Creator: Kitao Masanobu
Geisha and Attendants by a Wharf in the Fukagawa district, c1780. Series: Ten Forms of Modern Lovely Women

Background imageBoot Collection: Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Homme en Robe de Chambre, 1676. Creators: Nicolas Bonnart

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Homme en Robe de Chambre, 1676. Creators: Nicolas Bonnart
Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Homme en Robe de Chambre, 1676

Background imageBoot Collection: Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Homme en Robe de Chambre, 1676. Creator: Nicolas Bonnart

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Homme en Robe de Chambre, 1676. Creator: Nicolas Bonnart
Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Homme en Robe de Chambre, 1676

Background imageBoot Collection: Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Berger de Gonesse, between c1678 and c1693

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Berger de Gonesse, between c1678 and c1693. Creator: Nicolas Bonnart
Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Berger de Gonesse, between c1678 and c1693

Background imageBoot Collection: Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Casaque d'Hyuer à la Brandebourg, between c1675 and c1686

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Casaque d'Hyuer à la Brandebourg, between c1675 and c1686
Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Casaque d'Hyuer a la Brandebourg, between c1675 and c1686

Background imageBoot Collection: Costumes de Différents Pays, Sauvage Iroquois, c1797. Creator: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur

Costumes de Différents Pays, Sauvage Iroquois, c1797. Creator: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Sauvage Iroquois, c1797




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"Stepping into History: The Timeless Appeal of Boots" Boots have long been a symbol of style, functionality, and resilience. From the iconic Duke Wellington boots to the elegant Paul Pry designs, these footwear choices have stood the test of time. Just like Vincent Van Gogh's masterpiece "Boots with Laces, " painted in 1886, they capture our attention with their intricate details and rich history. In Joseph Edward Southall's painting "The Old Fisherman, " we see a worn pair of boots that tell tales of hard work and perseverance. Similarly, Boots The Chemist has become synonymous with reliability and trustworthiness in the world of pharmaceuticals. Turner Street in Blyth, Northumberland showcases a bustling scene where people don their sturdy boots for everyday life. These shoes are not just fashion statements; they are tools for exploration and adventure. Field Marshal Lord Roberts' commanding presence during the South African conflict is epitomized by his polished military boots. They represent strength and authority on the battlefield. W Barratt & Co Ltd's brochure illustration from Northampton reminds us that behind every great boot lies skilled craftsmanship and dedication to quality. This attention to detail is also evident in Errol Flynn's portrayal as The Sea Hawk - his dashing persona accentuated by his impeccable leather footwear. The Jaguar SS100 Roadster captures speed and luxury while being firmly grounded by its robust tires - an automotive equivalent to stylish yet practical boots. St Davids' cobblers shop front in Pembrokeshire takes us back to simpler times when local artisans meticulously repaired beloved pairs of shoes, extending their lifespan for generations to come. Lastly, a variety of ladies' boots from 1926 showcases how this essential piece of attire has evolved over time while remaining an integral part of women's fashion choices throughout history. Whether it be through art or daily life scenes captured on film or canvas, these glimpses into different aspects of boots remind us of their enduring significance, and are not just shoes.