Which store or stores provided foot X-ray scans as a service to customers who came to buy shoes?

BRY2K

Noren's Shoes of Sturgeon Bay was one such store. n the late 1940's and early 1950's, the shoe-fitting x-ray unit was a common shoe store sales promotion device and nearly all stores had one. It was estimated that there were 10,000 of these devices in use. This particular shoe-fitting x-ray unit was produced by the dominant company in the field, the Adrian X-Ray Company of Milwaukee WI, now defunct. Brooks Stevens, a noted industrial designer whose works included the the Milwaukee Road Olympian and an Oscar Meyer Wienermobile, designed this machine. The primary component of a shoe-fitting x-ray unit was the fluoroscope which consisted essentially of an x-ray tube mounted near the floor and wholly or partially enclosed in a shielded box and a fluorescent screen. The x-rays penetrated the shoes and feet and then struck the fluorescent light. This resulted in an image of the feet within the shoes. The fluorescent image was reflected to three viewing ports at the top of the cabinet, where the customer, the salesperson, and a third person (your mother?) could view the image at the same time. http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/artifacts/archives/002457.asp http://www.museumofquackery.com/devices/shoexray.htm Jul 04 08, 2:05 PM

jaknginger

Another one was Baber's Ltd http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/shoefittingfluor/shoe.htm Jul 04 08, 2:54 PM