PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWomen delivering ice, traditionally a man's job, USA, WW1, 1918lemmy.worldimagemessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up1269
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minus-squaremsprout@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 month agoBelieve it or not, that’s what dutch clogs (sabots, the teardrop-shaped wooden shoes) were for. They were around as early as the 1500s.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoTrue! It was pretty much the go-to safety shoes during the industrial revolution, and the agrarian safety shoe long before that. (Gotta spend those long winter nights doing something when you can’t plow the fields)
Believe it or not, that’s what dutch clogs (sabots, the teardrop-shaped wooden shoes) were for. They were around as early as the 1500s.
True! It was pretty much the go-to safety shoes during the industrial revolution, and the agrarian safety shoe long before that. (Gotta spend those long winter nights doing something when you can’t plow the fields)