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Shoeshiner or boot polisher is an occupation in which a person cleans and buffs shoes and then applies a waxy paste to give a shiny appearance and a protective coating. They are often known as shoeshi
A boot polisher on a railway platform in Mumbai, India.
The earliest reliably dated photograph of a person, taken in spring 1838 by Daguerre, shows a person getting a shoeshine.
The Independent Shoe-Black by John Thomson, 1877.
Shoeshiner at work in Tepotzotlan, Mexico.
Boulevard du Temple is a photograph of a Parisian streetscape made in 1838, and is one of the earliest surviving daguerreotype plates produced by Louis Daguerre. Although the image seems to be of a de
Shoeshiner
…century shoeshine boys plied their trade on the streets, and were common in British cities. The earliest known daguerreotype (photograph) of a human, View of the Boulevard du Temple, features a man having his shoes shined in the lower corner of the print. Though the image shows Paris' busy Boulevard du Temple, the long exposure…
Crop showing people photographed
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