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The link, captioned above as "Find out more about this photograph" is malformed (it tries to go to another Flickr page). I do wish all of the supplemental information for photographs in your amazing collections was included on the individual Flickr page ... rather than having to click on the "Find out more" link for every photograph!

Thanks for pointing out the incorrect link, Pixel Wrangler. Including more information about each photo on the individual Flickr pages is definitely something for the State Library team to consider before our next batch upload.

The pair of shoes the standingboy is wearing seems to be for girls. Must be unisex druing those days.

Wonderful picture. Any clues as to date? I'd say very early 1900s, but not really clear

Looks like the same leather summer sandals which we wore in the UK in the 1950's. You can just see the single metal buckle fastening on the outer side. Apparently this "T-bar" shape gradually became girls-only in the 1970's - while boys favoured the later enclosed shape more like a shoe. Memory confirmation courtesy of histclo.com/schun/gar/shoe/sandal/su-sandalest.html

That is so cute!

See: www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/3251833363/in/pho... for more information. I think it is about 1895 in Melbourne, and this is Louis Frederick (b1890) and Alexander (b.1893) McCubbin, the sons of Frederick McCubbin, famous Australian artist. @ richard halliday (see note above) - Louis went on to become the Director of the Art Gallery in South Australia. Another brother Hugh (the baby in the other picture, b.1894) was wounded at Gallipoli in 1915. And, by the way, I too had red leather sandals like those in the early 1960s in England, made by Clarks. I hated them then - they did feel 'girly' - yuk!

what an exquisite vintage photo!

pretty girl~