When’s the Last Time You Measured Your Feet?

January 23 is Measure Your Feet Day, a day to take a look down and assess your feet.

Plate XI / B.F. Nutting pinx / Mastodon Giganteus / Bufford & Cos. Lith., Mastodon bones: foot.

Plate XII / B.F. Nutting pinx / Mastodon Giganteus / Bufford & Cos. Lith., Mastodon bones: foot and ankle.

Popular wisdom says that girls feet stop growing around the age of 14 or so and boys a year or so later. But we all know that the shoes we wore in high school probably wouldn't fit us today, as other factors such as weight gain, preganancy and a later growth spurt can affect the size and growth of feet. When's the last time you actually had someone measure your feet before trying on a new pair of shoes? Maybe today's the day.

—Elizabeth Periale

The above two images and more are from: John Collins Warren, The Mastodon giganteus of North America, 1852.