From Jugend, 1907.

From Kladderadatsch, 1926.

Here's a precursor to Werner Herzog living up to his promise that he would eat his shoe if Errol Morris ever completed the film Gates of Heaven.  From Le Journal Amusant, 1905.

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From Swedish Fairy Tales by Herman Hofberg, 1890.

Palmistry and scarpology (divination by old boots, as invented by Dr. Garré of Switzerland).  From Die Muskete, 1937.

From Mocca, 1935.

From Die Muskete, 1917.

We, too, look at our sparkly shoes through smoked glass.  From Le Rire, 1912.

"Entrance for all soles."  From Popular Science Monthly, 1921.

"Your shoes, sir."  From Pick Me Up, 1892.

You've heard of the old woman who lives in a shoe, but did you know it was a mobile home?  Circa 1890.

Will he take your sole?  From Jugend, 1908.

Musical notes wear masks while others go courting atop a giant shoe.  From Jugend, 1909.