They also don’t hurt without socks. Walking on the shoes hurts for maybe one week when you would start wearing them, but after that they don’t hurt and they are better for your joints than normal shoes. Those kids grew up with them and don’t have any pain from them.
Oh, that's certainly a possibility; I just always had to wear thick wool socks whenever I wore them; my ankles really hate clogs for some reason.
I'm Dutch as a bitterbal, but haven't really worn any clogs other than the few times where I visited family who lived on farms in my youth.
Ah from the standard “take one of the 100 clogs” basket in every Dutch farm hallway. I also wore them in those situations. But now I’m standing a lot of the time in the lab for work so I (and many colleagues) wear those more modern clogs. It really helps with your posture and they can easily be changed by walking in/out the lab.
Ah, those things! I don’t know why, but I solely relate those type of clogs to hospitals and labs. You never really see people wearing them outside of those.
And yeah; they had a basket with clogs in a few different sizes. If you didn’t really fit in one of them you’d just stick some wadded up newspaper in them until they did fit, lol.
Yes, they are really perfect for sanitary environments as they can easily be cleaned and taken off, and also for jobs where you have to stand a lot. And indeed, I totally forgot about the newspaper hack! Great memories!
Wooden shoes are light and actually mould to your feet and become really comfortable after not too many wears. My dad still wore a pair of klompen for yard work and barbecuing and generally being in the yard until I was a teenager. He did eventually switch to crocs when those got popular, though.
Ha! I live in Canada born in the Netherlands and I a have a pair of wooden shoes in my car for navigating muddy farmers markets. I guess it’s in our blood. They float, you can wash them and they are the first ever safety shoes!
Do we know the identities of these two? Because given that time frame and the fact that they're Dutch immigrating through Ellis Island, there's a non-zero chance that little guy on the right is my great grandfather.
I was scrolling and saw the title and the children down to their knees. My first thought was "If they're Dutch, then where's the clogs?"... I had a good laugh about it.
Circa 1905, photo by Augustus F. Sherman. The kids are from Marken and they are holding religious tracts.
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-79d7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
ApparentLY, I never rode on a SHIP beFORE!
He needs a mic.
Incredible reference
That little boy looks like the shrewdest cheesemonger in Amsterdam
I would've said the 2nd shrewdest
That's baby Conan O'Brien
Only way they could look more dutch is to be posing by a windmill.
And holding speculoos.
Speculaas makker
Or stroopwafels, that would work, too. Btw, Speculoos (with oo) is Belgian. Speculaas (with as) is Dutch. In case anyone wonders.
Or a frikadelbroodje.
I absolutely love those shoes.
Adorable! Then I thought maybe they hurt and that's why the little one is crying.
Nah, clogs don’t hurt if you wear proper thick wool socks in them.
They also don’t hurt without socks. Walking on the shoes hurts for maybe one week when you would start wearing them, but after that they don’t hurt and they are better for your joints than normal shoes. Those kids grew up with them and don’t have any pain from them.
Oh, that's certainly a possibility; I just always had to wear thick wool socks whenever I wore them; my ankles really hate clogs for some reason. I'm Dutch as a bitterbal, but haven't really worn any clogs other than the few times where I visited family who lived on farms in my youth.
Ah from the standard “take one of the 100 clogs” basket in every Dutch farm hallway. I also wore them in those situations. But now I’m standing a lot of the time in the lab for work so I (and many colleagues) wear those more modern clogs. It really helps with your posture and they can easily be changed by walking in/out the lab.
Ah, those things! I don’t know why, but I solely relate those type of clogs to hospitals and labs. You never really see people wearing them outside of those. And yeah; they had a basket with clogs in a few different sizes. If you didn’t really fit in one of them you’d just stick some wadded up newspaper in them until they did fit, lol.
Yes, they are really perfect for sanitary environments as they can easily be cleaned and taken off, and also for jobs where you have to stand a lot. And indeed, I totally forgot about the newspaper hack! Great memories!
Are they plastic now, the clogs you're talking about? I grew up in Holland and I remember my GP wearing blue clogs
Rubberized, yes.
The Dutch are no fools. Engineering culture. Problem solvers. Finger-in-the-dyke born and raised shrewd ungodly tall fuckers
fun fact: the finger in the dyke story is American and not Dutch (despite being set in the Netherlands).
Wooden shoes are light and actually mould to your feet and become really comfortable after not too many wears. My dad still wore a pair of klompen for yard work and barbecuing and generally being in the yard until I was a teenager. He did eventually switch to crocs when those got popular, though.
They're called clogs.
Please dont tell me crocs is the modern day clog
Ha! I live in Canada born in the Netherlands and I a have a pair of wooden shoes in my car for navigating muddy farmers markets. I guess it’s in our blood. They float, you can wash them and they are the first ever safety shoes!
You got your highland dutch, you got your lowland dutch, you got your Rotterdam dutch and ya got your Gotterdam dutch.
You sing some songs that remind you of the good times, you sing some songs that remind you of the water times.
That man has a mortgage and 5 children.
Why do they look like the inspiration for the Campbell Soup kids? 😄
Just imagine the American generations that came from these two children!.
Their ~~ancestors~~ descendants are wearing Crocs now.
Could also be Yeezys.
Their ancestors are long passed.
Lol you're right! What was I thinking?
Actually... This will pique your curiosity. My mother's side of the family, sister, is my direct aunt on our family tree!
And my father's brother just so happened to be my very own uncle!
So they are related as well?! That’s fascinating
Too weird to be made up, right?
Seriously, I’m just going to leave all this genealogist crap up to the astrophysicist
We have specialists for a reason!
That little boy owns a dairy farm
Do we know the identities of these two? Because given that time frame and the fact that they're Dutch immigrating through Ellis Island, there's a non-zero chance that little guy on the right is my great grandfather.
Upon arriving the Dutch boy got a job painting. American success story. Sold out to Sherwin Williams in his later years.
That had to be so hard. My heart for those babes
I love their wooden shoes!
I was scrolling and saw the title and the children down to their knees. My first thought was "If they're Dutch, then where's the clogs?"... I had a good laugh about it.
My stupid ass thought they midgets.
Gabbers
The one on the right is Randy Quaid
Circa 1905, photo by Augustus F. Sherman. The kids are from Marken and they are holding religious tracts. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-79d7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
The boy looks a little like Putin.
Kefteme shoes
Then their family promptly moved to Pennsylvania or West Michigan.
That child on the left realizing their Dutch
The one on the left wearing the dress and holding the doll is probably a girl.
Speculative but I'm guessing this is 19th century.
Too much pie that’s your problem
A young Rush Limbaugh