Figure 1.--High-top shoes dominazed in America into the 1920s for both men and children, both boys and girls. Here we see unidented broher and sister on their fron stoop. The children look to be about 10-14 years old. Notice the numberod shoe string loops on the girl's shoes. The boy's knickers are suit pants. The The snapshot is not dated, but looks like the mid-1920s. Notice the great little Jack Russell terrier the girl is holding.

High-top shoes declined in the 20th century, but mostly after World War I (1920s). We continue to see high-top shoe in the early-20th century. We see many more options with strap shoes, sandals, and sneakers, but this varied from country to country. And high-top shoes continued to be very common in many ncvountries. Good examples of high-top shoes are George and Ewan McTherson (1902). And these shoe types were often for casual play or dress up. High-op shoes seem especilly common in America. We note school children in America, for example, mostly wearing high-tops to school. High-tops were very common in the 1910s and 20s. We see most boys and girls wearing them. Not all childen wore them, but many did. There was a shift from button to lace ups, but high-tops continud to be very popular. A good example are the shoes worn by Floyd Van Horne about 1915. High-top shoes generally passed out of style in the early 20th century after World War I. We see this largely occuring (1920s) And had largely been concluded (1930s). This varied from country to country. We see, for example, some German boys wearing them even after World War II. There were arange of different shoe styles with the high-top shoe. The sneakers which became very poular in America were all high-tops. They were widely worn through the 1920s. High-tops began to go out of style during the late-20s and early-30s in America. This occurred with adults as well. This varied somewhat from country to country. High-tops seemed to have continued to be worn longer in Germany and countries within the German fashion orbit, than many other countries. They persisted in one form even longer. This was the white high-tops worn bu infants and todlers.

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