Figure 1.--This unidentified American snapshot shows a boy wearing sandals that have the center strap only going half way. We have noted very few such images. We can't see what his younger brother s wearing. .
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Figure 1.--This unidentified American snapshot shows a boy wearing sandals that have the center strap only going half way. We have noted very few such images. We can't see what his younger brother s wearing. . |
We have also noted a much less common variant in which the center strap only ran up to and was attached to the lower cross bar. While we notice double-strap sandals in the early 20th century. We only note a few instances of of the half center strap in the mid-20th century. We do not knowin which countries these sandals were worn. We have seen them in America. We note it advertized in the Sears 1950 Winter catalog. We believe that they were also worn in Britain. We have not noted them in other countries, but our image archive is limited. This style, however, does not appear to have been very popular or widely worn. We note very few images of boys or girls wearing this style. Nor do we note many catalog advertisements. We have noticed these sandals beingworn both for informal dressy occassions as well as playwear.
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