Private and public shoeshine stands

I love high gloss shined shoes! There's a real art & science to a good shine. Unfortunately shined shoes have mostly gone out of style, replaced by those sillyass overpriced canvas shoes. I still have several pair of shoes which I keep nicely shined.

I started shining mine and my dad's shoes when I was a kid. I got attracted to it by one of the local shoe shine guys in the barber shop, who not only produced a great shine, but had good rhythm with the rag. I was fascinated by the shine and the rhythm since I was a drummer.

In those days the barbers charged 75 cents or a dollar for a haircut, and the shoe shine was 50 cents. I'll guess that guy in the video charges $30 to $50 for a shine. He's good.
 
There were shoeshine stands in the subway near the platform and shoeshine stands in neighborhood stores where you could get your shoes reheeled and resold. I loved sitting in those chairs.

We had full shoeshine kits in our apartment with shoes stretchers and different sizes of wooden molds to keep shoes in shape. Polishes and brushes and shoe measurements gadgets. My dad worked at a shoe wear house when we were kids.

Some of those shoeshine guys had real flair and rhythm! Fun to watch.
 
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Pepper said:
There were shoeshine stands in the subway near the platform and shoeshine stands in neighborhood stores where you could get your shoes reheeled and resold. I loved sitting in those chairs.

We had full shoeshine kits in our apartment with shoes stretchers and different sizes of wooden molds to keep shoes in shape. Polishes and brushes and shoe measurements gadgets. My dad worked at a shoe wear house when we were kids.

Some of those shoeshine guys had real flair and rhythm! Fun to watch.
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They not only raked in a ton of green in the GCT hallway but secrets gleaned from the Roosevelts, Vanderbilts and the Rockefeller barons. Snap that rag and I'll tell you a little secret. lol
 
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