Voor Bata schoenen 1951

Shiny bata shoes vintage poster

Bata Loafer - 1954 - (Birkhäuser Peter) -

Photographs of Czech and Slovak functionalist architecture

Vintage poster from Bata, 1929, Czech Republic #batashoes #bata120years #advertising

Postcard in German only (this being the Sudetenland) sent on 6 September 1936 to Leatherhead UK by possibly a business rep travelling in the Erzgebirge area. The shop was subsequently rebranded as a JAS store post- 1949 and still stands today.

EIDENBENZ (1950) – Original vintage poster – Poster by Eidenbenz, beautifully printed in stone-lithography and excellent condition. Bata is a shoes manufacturer founded in 1894 in Czechoslovakia. Bata is now a worldwide shoe company.

Bata Shoes, vintage advertising #batashoes #bata120years #advertising

Bata building staircase and elevator shaft, Zlin, Czech Republic

In the 1930s, the Czech shoe giant built a model town for its workers, who shopped in the company supermarket, stocked up at the company farm, and kept their company gardens tidy – or else. Has its spirit survived?

Zlín (Czech pronunciation: [zliːn]; German: Zlin) is a city in the Zlín Region, southeastern Moravia, Czech Republic, on the Dřevnice River. The development of the modern city is closely connected to the Bata Shoes company and its social scheme, developed after the First World War.

Bata Auto Garage in East Tilbury ca. 1970 modernised 1960 Architect Bronek Katz #batashoes

Bata Shoe Store Ilford Essex reopened November 1955 by MD John Tusa, being the largest in the South of England, photo courtesy Tusa Family Archive

Although production ceased in 2006, the presence of the Bata Shoe company remains strong in East Tilbury.

Bata Factory East Tilbury (UK), Dodge lorry for long distance delivery of Shoes, space above the drivers cab includes a bunk bed, July 16th 1948 #batashoes