![]() Thankfully, the advent of casual shoes for girls lightened up playtime, but Mary Janes remain a favorite for little girls when dressing up is the name of the game. Pristine shoes required proper behavior: hands in the lap, feet flat on the floor, and a stillness that was torture. And that was the point: when mother spent hours curling your hair and ironing your best dress, shining your shoes, and maybe even applying a little rouge to your cheeks and lips, the last thing she wanted to see was you crawling around on the floor like the boys. Mary Janes were your ‘good shoes,’ and required constant care against scrapes, scuffs and dirt-no small task for the rambunctious childhood years of running, jumping and crawling. In the beginning, boys wore the shoes too, but Mary Janes for boys faded when oxfords became widely available. Whether gussied up in Sunday’s finest or getting ready for a birthday bash, girls weren’t little girls if they didn’t wear a pair of Mary Janes. A pair of white tights, a frilly pinafore dress, and a pair of so-shiny-you-can-see-yourself black patent leather Mary Janes were the uniform of little girls across the world. Mary Janes fast became the quintessential little girl shoe. ![]() Buster wore the floppy bow Buster Brown suit, and both wore a simple round-toe, instep strap, black shoes, which would become known as Mary Janes. Mary Jane wore sausage curls, a frilly dress, and knee socks. The two siblings were popular comic strip characters in the early 1900’s, and both later loaned their names to the Buster Brown Shoe Company. PDM Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.That little sailor-hat-wearing boy called Buster Brown had a sister, and her name was Mary Jane. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. Copyright may extend on works created by French who died for France in World War II ( more information), Russians who served in the Eastern Front of World War II (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia) and posthumously rehabilitated victims of Soviet repressions ( more information). Côte d'Ivoire has a general copyright term of 99 years and Honduras has 75 years, but they do implement the rule of the shorter term. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Jamaica has 95 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. ![]() This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details. The creator and year of publication are essential information and must be provided. This image might not be in the public domain outside of the United States this especially applies in the countries and areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada, Mainland China (not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany, Mexico, and Switzerland.
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