Figure 1.-Here we see two French boys in a colonial Algerian school wearing white sandals with white socks in 1953-54. |
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White is a color used for both a dress and play sandal. Becuse of the practical problem of maintaining white, it was not as commonly worn as a play shoe. We see white sandals being worn as a dress shoe in the early 20th century. Here a doublee strap style wihout a center bar seems to have been popular. After World War I, the usual tyles we see boys wearing are are the single-bar and double-bar with center strap styles. The double-bar with strap style was sometimes worn for informal dress occassions. We note differences among counties. We see quite a few French boys wearing white sandals, but far fewer boys in England where sandals were also popular. We note a few boys in France wearing white sandals to school.
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