New York Shoe Polisher
Polishing shoes was so much easier in 1905 - just walk up to a bootblack stand and pay (probably) a nickle!
This is a bootblack stand on Rosh Hashanah in New York City. It was busy - men were getting shiny shoes for the new year!
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Bain News Service
This is a bootblack stand on Rosh Hashanah in New York City. It was busy - men were getting shiny shoes for the new year!
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Bain News Service
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in New York, New York USA