"Nuthin doin" - Public domain portrait print
African American boy seated on steps with shoe shine box. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bootblacks in and around City Hall Park, New York City - July 25, 1924...
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Some of the young bootblacks working around Trinity Church, New York C...
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One of the ten year old shiners in Hartford, Conn. - August 25th, 1924...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4956. "127" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committe... More
#880 A Group of Boot-Blacks in Bowdoin Square, a Passing Juvenile Indu...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
One of the young shiners on the Green at New Haven, Conn., Aug. 26, 19...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4960. "131" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committe... More
Thomas Parsomidis, Shoe Shinning i.e., Shining Parlor, 8 North Main St...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2771. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Greek Bootblacks in Indianapolis, Ind. Witness, E. N. Clooper. Locati...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Greek Bootblacks in Indianapolis. (Same boys as in #64.) Aug., 1908. W...
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Greek Bootblacks in Indianapolis. (Same boys as in #64.) Aug., 1908. W...
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Young boy is Ciriakos Keiradimos, a young Greek shoe-shiner, working i...
Public domain photograph of a shop, shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Shoe-shine boy] / J.G. Brown N.A.
Print showing a young boy as a bootblack, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with kit over right shoulder and holding brush in right hand. Includes a remarque showing a pair of shoes. Signed on plate... More
Shine! Canal St. Location: New York, New York (State)
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A few of the shiners in Hartford, Conn. August, 25 1924. Location: Ha...
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Greek Bootblack, Indianapolis, Aug., 1908, 10 P.M. Location: Indianap...
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Shine! Canal St. Location: New York, New York (State)
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1633. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Tony, a twelve year old bootblack at his station in Bowling Green, New...
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One of the ten year old shiners in Hartford, Conn. - August 25th, 1924...
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More awakening of the Turks. New motor fire apparatus to replace the h...
Photographs show a fire truck in the street, a watchtower and a shoe shine boy with box, Istanbul,Turkey. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On page: no. 1409 (top left image), no. 1411 (top right ... More
Young bootblack on the Green at New Haven, Conn. - August 26, 1924. L...
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(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) 1:00 A.M. Sunday, Nov 24, 1912, a...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
"James" / Kep. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows Joseph G. Cannon handing a shoe labeled "Stand Pat" to James S. Sherman who is shining shoes labeled "Conservatism, Reactionary, Special Privileges, [and] Vested Interests"; an unidentified m... More
Union Square Bootblack. Location: New York, New York (State)
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1623. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Greel's Shoe-shining Parlor, Indianapolis, Ind. Said he was 15 years o...
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Bootblack, 3rd Ave & 9th St. Location: New York, New York (State)
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Thomas Parsomidis, Shoe Shinning [i.e., Shining] Parlor, 8 North Main ...
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Greek Bootblack, Indianapolis, Aug., 1908, 10 P.M. Location: Indianap...
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Frank Villanello, 21 Greenwich Ave., Father's Stand. Location: New Yo...
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Bootblacks in and around City Hall Park, New York City - July 25, 1924...
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Michael Mero, 2 West 4th St., Bootblack, 12 years of age, working one ...
Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 1502. Hine no. 1503. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prin... More
"Jimmie the Porter; True Love in Disguise"
Motion picture poster for "Jimmie the porter, true love in disguise" shows an African American man, possibly Sidney Smith, shining shoes. Copyright 1914 by Selig Studio. Motion Picture Poster Collection.
Frank Villanello, 21 Greenwich Ave., Father's Stand. Location: New Yo...
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One of the young shiners on the Green at New Haven, Conn., Aug 26, 192...
Public domain photograph of people in the park, outdoors, picnic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Union Square Bootblack. Location: New York, New York (State)
Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"Jimmie the Porter; True Love in Disguise"
Motion picture poster for "Jimmie the porter, true love in disguise" shows an African American man, possibly Sidney Smith, shining shoes. Copyright 1914 by Selig Studio. Motion Picture Poster Collection.
Young boy is Ciriakos Keiradimos, a young Greek shoe-shiner, working i...
Public domain photograph of a shop, shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Greek Bootblack, Indianapolis, Aug., 1908, 10 P.M. Location: Indianap...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tammany throws away its "butt", and the monopoly bootblack picks it up...
Illustration shows Benjamin F. Butler as a shoe shiner with his kit, stooping to pick up a smoldering cigar butt labeled "Grady" that John Kelly, on the left, has discarded; they are on a sidewalk in front of t... More
Sunday morning. One of the old-style bootblacks. Location: Boston, Ma...
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Bootblacks in and around City Hall Park, New York City - July 25, 1924...
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Bootblacks in and around City Hall Park, New York City - July 25, 1924...
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[Michael Mero, 2 West 4th St., Bootblack, 12 years of age, working one...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bootblack, 3rd Ave & 9th St. Location: New York, New York (State)
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[Shoe-shine boy] / J.G. Brown N.A.
Print showing a young boy as a bootblack, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, with kit over right shoulder and holding brush in right hand. Signed on plate in lower right: Copyright J.G. Brown N.A.
This boy shines in Constantinople One can lose himself in the narrow c...
Photographs show a head-and-shoulders portrait of a shoeshine boy and people, including women in a crowded market, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On page: no. 1404 (top image... More
Bootblacks in and around City Hall Park, New York City - July 25, 1924...
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Jimmie, a seven year old bootblack, working on Canal Street, N.Y. City...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4940. "109, 110" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Single caption card covers 4940-4941.... More
Union Square Bootblack. Location: New York, New York (State)
Public domain photograph of people in the park, outdoors, picnic, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Shine Sah? - Public domain portrait print
African American boy holding out shoe shine box. 51958 U.S. Copyright Office. Title transcribed from item. Copyright by V.G. Schreck, Savannah, Georgia.
Charlie, ten year old shiner, Newark, N.J. August 1, 1924. Location: ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Bootblacks in and around City Hall Park, New York City - July 25, 1924...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4935. "104, 105, 106, 107, 108" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Single caption card co... More
Mike, ten year old shiner, Newark, N.J. August 1, 1924. Location: New...
Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jimmie, a seven year old bootblack, working on Canal Street, N.Y. City...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Tommie, very young shiner, Canal Street, New York City. Some of these ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Bootblack, 3rd Ave & 9th St. Location: New York, New York (State)
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1656. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
[Michael Mero, 2 West 4th St., Bootblack, 12 years of age, working one...
Public domain photograph - portrait of athlete, champion, sport, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Michael Mero, 2 West 4th St. Bootblack, 12 years of age, working one y...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Delaware, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
One of the boot-blacks. Location: New Haven, Connecticut.
Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Some of the young bootblacks working around Trinity Church, New York C...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4934. "102-103" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Single caption card covers 4933-4934. ... More
Michael Mero, 2 West 4th St., Bootblack, 12 years of age, working one ...
Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. 1502. Hine no. 1503. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prin... More
Charlie, ten year old shiner, Newark, N.J. August 1, 1924. Location: N...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4953. "122" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committe... More
Greek Bootblack, Indianapolis, Aug. 1908, 10 P.M. Location: Indianapol...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 99. Reproduction no. LC-USZC2-3699. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Co... More
Bootblacks in and around City Hall Park, New York City - July 25, 1924...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4938. "104, 105, 106, 107, 108" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Single caption card co... More
Greek Bootblack, Indianapolis, Aug. 1908, 10 P.M. Location: Indianapol...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 99. Reproduction no. LC-USZC2-3699. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Co... More
Pompey Jim, boot black C.L. Lochman, artist, Carlisle, Pa
Photograph shows James Powell, formerly a bond servant, also known as "Pompey Jim" and "Banty Jim," in Union artillery shell jacket, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased fro... More
Bootblack, 3rd Ave & 9th St. Location: New York, New York (State)
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1656. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Traffic police are courteous and efficient in Constantinople. This one...
Photographs show a policeman with Frank Carpenter and three shoeshine boys behind boxes with Ottoman Turkish writing, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On page: no. 1402 (top ima... More
Tony, nine year old bootblack, Newark, N.J. says he makes $1 a day. Au...
Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mike, ten year old shiner, Newark, N.J. August 1, 1924. Location: Newa...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4950. "119" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committe... More
Greek Bootblacks in Indianapolis, Ind. Witness, E.N. Clooper. Location...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 64. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs D... More
(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) 1:00 A.M. Sunday, Nov. 24, 1912, ...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3210. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Greek Bootblacks in Indianapolis, Ind. Witness, E. N. Clooper. Locati...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
#880. A Group of Boot-Blacks in Bowdoin Square, a Passing Juvenile Ind...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 880. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More
Tony, a twelve year old bootblack at his station in Bowling Green, New...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4932. "101" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committe... More
Tommie, very young shiner, Canal Street, New York City. Some of these ...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4942. "111" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committe... More
Young boy is Ciriakos Keiradimos, a young Greek shoe-shiner, working i...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2913. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Thomas Parsomidis, Shoe Shinning i.e., Shining Parlor, 8 North Main St...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 2771. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
Thomas Parsomidis, Shoe Shinning [i.e., Shining] Parlor, 8 North Main ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bootblacks in and around City Hall Park, New York City - July 25, 1924...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4937. "104, 105, 106, 107, 108" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Single caption card co... More
Some of the young bootblacks working around Trinity Church, New York C...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4933. "102-103" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Single caption card covers 4933-4934. ... More
One of the boot-blacks. Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 610. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More
Tony, nine year old bootblack, Newark, N.J. says he makes $1 a day. Au...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4947. "116" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committe... More
Union Square Bootblack. Location: New York, New York (State)
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1630. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
One of the ten year old shiners in Hartford, Conn. - August 25th, 1924...
Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Jimmie, a seven year old bootblack, working on Canal Street, N.Y. City...
Public domain photograph related to New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) 1:00 A.M. Sunday, Nov 24, 1912, a...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Union Square Bootblack. Location: New York, New York (State)
Public domain photograph - portrait of athlete, champion, sport, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bootblacks in and around City Hall Park, New York City - July 25, 1924...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4939. "104, 105, 106, 107, 108" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Single caption card co... More
Pompey Jim, boot black C.L. Lochman, artist, Carlisle, Pa
Photograph shows James Powell, formerly a bond servant, also known as "Pompey Jim" and "Banty Jim," in Union artillery shell jacket, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased fro... More
Frank Villanello, 21 Greenwich Ave., Father's Stand. Location: New Yor...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1628. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
One of the ten year old shiners in Hartford, Conn. - August 25th, 1924...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4956. "127" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committe... More
(For Child Welfare Exhibit 1912-13.) 1:00 A.M. Sunday, Nov. 24, 1912, ...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 3210. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
The bootblacks harvest, Inauguration, Washington, D.C. U.S.A
14083 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1889 by B.W. Kilburn, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C. No. 5066.
Bowery Bootblack. Location: New York, New York (State)
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Young bootblack on the Green at New Haven, Conn. - August 26, 1924. Lo...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4961. "132" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committe... More
Eleven year old Tony, who shines in Union Square, New York City. Says ...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4943. "112" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committe... More
One of the very young shiners at Newark, N.J. - August 1st, 1924. Loca...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 4948. "117" recorded in pencil in lower right of caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committe... More
Greek Bootblack, Indianapolis, Aug. 1908, 10 P.M. Location: Indianapol...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 99. Reproduction no. LC-USZC2-3699. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Co... More
Jimmie, a seven year old bootblack, working on Canal Street, N.Y. City...
Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sunday morning. One of the old-style bootblacks. Location: Boston, Mas...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 882. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More