Laura and Holly having their shoes and boots shined at Model Shoe Shine Parlor on Gold, a couple of doors down from our office.
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Nice shine. Great shot.
Thanks!
awesome! I love this…I can’t imagine having my shoes shined, this is fabulous.
Thanks. Laura was reluctant, be she ended up really enjoying it. The guy did a really good job shining her shoes.
I would love to do this, just for the fun of it!
I might even enjoy shining someone else’s shoes if I lose my day job 🙂
You would probably do well. The guy’s at Model had a steady stream of regulars come in and drop off shoes during the time we were there. Police officers and firemen get their shoes shined there as well.
pass the shinebox! :=)
When I used to work downtown there is a shoeshine guy I used to visit!
I love these photos! He really did a nice job! 😄😄
Thanks, Michelle. They said few women come in for shoe shines.
That is so true! I am a fan of really nice shoes i fet then resoled I walked ao much back then but now My feet feet get tired! I carry my tennis shoes! 😄😄
Been a long time since I have seen a shoeshine parlor. The B&W gives it a feel of being from another day and age. Nice!
Thanks, Lavinia. Model has been there since 1936, and I don’t think it’s changed a whole lot since then. Therefore, it’s like being in another day and age. It’s actually one of the really cool aspects about the place. I was hoping the B&W photos would get that feeling across.
Lots of TLC happening! Nice shots 🙂
Thanks, Julie!
LOL… My head must be in a bad place. I saw the title and wondered where you were going with “The Shine.” All i could think of was a maniacally laughing Jack Nicholson!
Those are fabulous shots — especially the black and white. And man can that guy get a pair of shoes to shine! My dad was big on a pair of well polished shoes. That’s about the only memory i have of the two of us doing anything together — polishing our shoes.
Thanks Tim — for starting the day with a nice memory (once i got past ole Jack). 😀
Thanks, Teagan! I’m so happy to start your Monday with a nice memory. I don’t think I ever saw the “Shining”, was that what it was called?, but I know of it from all the images of a crazy looking Nicholson. I didn’t even think about that movie when I made the title.
really enjoyed these photos, didn’t know there were still shoe shiners around! i remember having to polish my own school shoes with a tin of kiwi black, a brush, a rag, and my grandad’s special ingredient: spit to make them really shine so’s you could see your face in them 😉
Thanks! One of the guys in the parlor said they city, state of feds, maybe all three, outlawed spit shining, so they have to spray the shoes with water instead of spitting on them.
lol!! 😀
Photos shine is better than shoe shine..
Thanks!
Thanks and regards.
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Terrific. Love the b & w. Lends to the ambience. We have that service at the airport in British Columbia. You aren’t totally dressed without well-shined shoes. It would be like riding a horse with broken reins. Looks like a different era!
Thanks! Hmmm! I rarely shine my shoes. 😉
Now I know where I can go to get my boots shined! Thank you!
(Enjoyed the images, too!)
Thanks, Susan!
This is so interesting! I don’t even know if there are still fancy places like this in Brasil to get the shoes shining… And also, I don’t think I ever saw a girl getting this kid of job. Nowadays is a service provided to men on the streets.
Thanks, Lari! I don’t think I had seen women in having their shoes shined before Laura and Holly!
OMG there’s a whole parlour just for shinning shoes where you live?? that’s a great idea for business actually lol wow! cool shots!
Thanks, Miz Shaaz! It’s right next door to our office.
There’s nothing like that where i live, at least not that i know off, I’ve only seen stands at the airport. Super cool and very retro!
A rare find. the last one we had in C. Springs was at the old Continental Trailways bus station in downtown. When the bus station moved a few blocks away, the shoe shine business went out of business.
Thanks, David! That was too bad.
Tim, great shine even on the clothes! I like the B&W photos for contrast, and the color ones for vibrancy, especially the purple socks. Christine
Thanks, Christine! I was really happy with Laura’s outfit for the photos.