Saturday Comic

Here’s another cartoon from Berry’s World. It’s from August 25, 1969.

Berry’s World, August 25, 1969

I suspect one reason bell-bottoms were popular in the late-1960s/early-1970s is that you could hide bare feet underneath them.

 

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Magazine Profile — Alan Bruens

Back in June, fellow barefooter Alan Bruens was profiled in the Advertiser-News (North). He’s now moved on to bigger and better things: New Jersey Monthly Magazine.

In addition to being a nice article, this one has a killer caricature of Alan

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Happy Thanksgiving

1913 Postcard

 

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Advertising to Barefooters

We sometimes joke that you really cannot advertise to a barefooter. What would you sell? But, in the late-1960s/early-1970s it did happen.

Some stores would advertise for barefoot customers.

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Going Barefoot by Aileen Fisher

“Going Barefoot” is a cute little children’s book by Aileen Fisher. It’s illustrated by Adrienne Adams and was published in 1960.

Of course, it’s impossible to find in a library any more.

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Historical Hostility to Barefoot Shopping

Last week I discussed a 1973 article, No Bare Feet In This Store. By that time, the hostility was in full swing.

But we can look a bit earlier than that.

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Saturday Comic

This weekend’s cartoon is from Berry’s World, a strip that ran from 1963 to 2003, written by Jim Berry.

This particular cartoon is from September 16, 1969, the height of barefoot hippie days.

Berry’s World, September 16, 1969

 

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