Shoeshiner

A shoe shiner is a service, which is often on the street cleans a person's shoes. For care of the shoes include in particular the cleaning and polishing with shoe polish.

History

While the activity was up in the 1920s and 1930s, widespread in Central Europe, it is now used only occasionally at fairs and other events as a publicity stunt for customers. In Asian countries such as India is the activity, however, is still widespread and occurs among other things as child labor.

A similar function is fulfilled by fully automatic shoe shine machines.

Social

Comparable work has a barber the work of a shoe Putzers also a social function of communication.

The performance of work under compulsion has only pretended the purpose of shoe care and serves the humiliation, reinforced by the stooped posture while working. Examples can be found from the 2nd World War, some in concentration camps or from occupied countries.

Shoeshine in Istanbul ( 2003)

Shoeshine in Istanbul ( 2003)