Shoeblack Collection

Spanish Civil War Me As A Volunteer I Do What
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London Life - A Shoeblack works outside a Station Entrance on The City and South London Railway (C&SLR), the tunnels and lines of which now form the Bank Branch of the Northern line, Date: circa 1910s

The Boots Who Forgot to Chalk the Boots, H. M. Bateman
Sequential cartoon by H.M. Bateman showing a young man given shoe cleaning duties in a hotel muddling up various pairs with hilarious consequences the following morning. Date: 1920

A London shoeblack
A shoeblack working on the Embankment, London, shinig the shoes of a gentleman. Date: 1885

SHOE BLACK / GERMANY
A shoeblack shines a customers shoes on a pavement in Germany Date: 1950s

London Shoeblack
A London Shoeblack at work. Date: early 1900s

Shoeblacks Saffron Hill paying-in wages
Boys at the Saffron Hill Shoeblack Brigade paying-in their days takings. Date: circa 1902

Charing Cross Shoeblack
A one-legged shoeblack at Charing Cross Station yard. In 1914, within a 3 mile radius of here, there were 1000 shoeblacks, but less than 40 when this picture was taken. Date: early 1950s

Shoeblack & Cabby
Shoeblack polishing a Cabbys shoes. Date: circa 1910

Egypt - Three Shoeblacks ( at ease )
Egypt - Three Shoeblacks (" at ease" ) Date: circa 1910s

Cleaning Shoes
A seated bearer cleaning a pair of massive black boots, a pair of safari boots and a pair of black leather gaiters

Shoeblack (Petherick)
London characters: a SHOEBLACK wearing the uniform of the London Shoeblack brigade, who polish gentlemens boots in the filthy streets of London

London Shoeblack / 1901
A well-dressed gentleman stops to have his shoes polished while strolling along the Embankment

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