Figure 1.--Here we have two unidentified siblings about 4-6 years old. We both children seenm to be wearing casual strap shoes. This wss a post-card back snapshot. There is a message on the back, but we cannot read it. Click on the image if you think you can read it.

Yugoslav footwear seems similar to other European countries, especially Germany. we see boys making the transition from high-top to low cut shoes (1920s). So most Yugoslav children for the most part wore low-cut shoes. We see mostly leather shoes. We do not see sneakers until well after World War II. WE do see boys wearing sandals and strap shoes. Thus was similar to the situation in Germany. Strap shoes and sandals were often worn by younger boys because they had not yet mastered tyongv shoe laces. Strap shoes and sandals were, however, not just for younger boys, but were also a kind of casual or play type of footwear, similar to conventions in Germany during the inter-War era. We see some children giing barefoot, but this seems to be primarily durung the very difficult era during and after World War II. Our assessment is still preliminary because of our limited archive at this time.

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