I remember those. I was just a kid, but all my aunties had Bouffant back-combed hair, and wore those rain bonnets, as did my granny even tho' she wore a hat she always wore the rain bonnet over it when it rained.. .. and she wore those see though rain booties..
They were called “rubbers,” overshoes, or galoshes…those rubber coverings for shoes intended to keep your feet dry, and your shoes from damage in rain. They were sturdy and stretchy, and I wore them as a child as did many adults back in the day, but curiously haven’t in many decades. Do you or have you ever worn “rubbers?” To what would you attribute their passing from common use?
Overshoe protectors were still commonplace when I was a child. The winters back then had heavy snowfalls that lasted well towards Easter. Rubber overshoes are still available from John Lobb boot makers since the mid 19th century.Rubbers, or "toe rubbers" were used by businessmen over their "wing tip" shoes back in the day to protect the shoes' fine leather soles. I used them sterearly in my professional career but when even dress shoes started coming with synthetic soles they became irrelevant.
I'm betting @horseless carriage still has them.
That was so true, I remember the pair that were not the everyday pair were referred to as, 'my best pair." Another common practice to protect shoes in those days was to have them 'soled & heeled,' whilst still relatively new.
