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A thatcher found a pair of shoes in a roof - left over a century ago to "ward off witches." Chris Fellows said the women's shoes were believed to have been placed in the thatch in the early 19th ...
A viral photograph shows a pair of shoes reportedly made from the skin of a lynched criminal. What's False The shoes seen in this particular picture were not made from the skin of a black person ...
WOODBURY: The discovery of 19th century shoes inside the wall of an old farmhouse has shed light on a forgotten superstition. A carpenter's assistant was ripping plaster and lath from a wall in an ...
Together the curators explored medical archives and collections in France and England, and delved into the museums’ extensive assortment of 19th century shoes and private collections searching ...
Interests in slippers builds “The first shoe I bought was a simple, late 19th Century red cotton one with peasant embroidery of cotton thread,” Jackson says of the piece, which measures 4 ...
the Albert slipper, named after Prince Albert, consort to Queen Victoria, was designed for men of the 19th century to move from dinner table to smoking room without damaging rugs or carpets with the ...
"Finds included leather shoes (including different shoes for left and right, a 19th century innovation), coins (one dated to 1869), coconut halves that were likely used as cups, and a portion of ...
Back in the early 19th century, some of the most stylish men who belonged to high society in London and Paris made their shoes sparkle with champagne. Of course, bubbles go better down the hatch, but ...