I remember wearing those things, they were still popular in early 1960s. But glad no one has a photo of me in them.
Remarkable-Owl2034 on
She is putting shoe polish on them.
Spirit50Lake on
We had to wear them with our Catholic school uniforms in the 50’s and 60’s. We’d use saddle soap on the brown leather, and then there was this white paint-on polish in an applicator bottle we used on the white part, after saddle-soaping off the scuff marks. I still remember the smells…
led204 on
What’s that thing on the wall above her head?
tlm11110 on
There was white and black/brown shoe polish. It looks like wax residue on the saddles so she may be shining them up with a neutral wax. My sisters wore these for years.
real415 on
Could have been 40s too. They were popular for a long time.
theemmyk on
I used to polish my own saddle shoes. The nuns told us this was something we should do ourselves and “don’t bother yer mithers about it.” [that was me trying to type an Irish accent]
daveashaw on
I had to wear white bucks for marching band and we used the same white stuff in the applicator bottle.
ThanosWasRight161 on
I do miss shining my shoes. It’s something that was very cathartic, that seems to have gotten away from us. I need to bring this back.
OnlyBeat3945 on
I don’t polish my shoes, but I’m a clean freak, and make sure any white shoes are white. Dear ole mom embedded that into my skull as a young child.
ChiefinLasVegas on
what’s a lad ye?
imrealbizzy2 on
When i was growing up, one night a week all our shoes would be polished. Our father always said a person’s shoes tell you all you need to know about them. We kids all wore brown shoes. The big guy had black and cordovan. Mumsie was a nurse, so she got the white polish. Everything was paste, worked into the leather and buffed to a high shine. Sunday patent leather wasnt polished the same way. I love the smell of that Kiwi shoe polish. A tin lasts forever, too.
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I remember wearing those things, they were still popular in early 1960s. But glad no one has a photo of me in them.
She is putting shoe polish on them.
We had to wear them with our Catholic school uniforms in the 50’s and 60’s. We’d use saddle soap on the brown leather, and then there was this white paint-on polish in an applicator bottle we used on the white part, after saddle-soaping off the scuff marks. I still remember the smells…
What’s that thing on the wall above her head?
There was white and black/brown shoe polish. It looks like wax residue on the saddles so she may be shining them up with a neutral wax. My sisters wore these for years.
Could have been 40s too. They were popular for a long time.
I used to polish my own saddle shoes. The nuns told us this was something we should do ourselves and “don’t bother yer mithers about it.” [that was me trying to type an Irish accent]
I had to wear white bucks for marching band and we used the same white stuff in the applicator bottle.
I do miss shining my shoes. It’s something that was very cathartic, that seems to have gotten away from us. I need to bring this back.
I don’t polish my shoes, but I’m a clean freak, and make sure any white shoes are white. Dear ole mom embedded that into my skull as a young child.
what’s a lad ye?
When i was growing up, one night a week all our shoes would be polished. Our father always said a person’s shoes tell you all you need to know about them. We kids all wore brown shoes. The big guy had black and cordovan. Mumsie was a nurse, so she got the white polish. Everything was paste, worked into the leather and buffed to a high shine. Sunday patent leather wasnt polished the same way. I love the smell of that Kiwi shoe polish. A tin lasts forever, too.