SHINE
VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS & SHOE SHINE BOXES
September 12 - November 14, 2009
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Morris Engel, Shoeshine Boy with Cop, 14th St., 1947
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John Albok, King of His Throne, c. 1930s
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John Albok, Depression (shoeshine boy), 1936
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John Albok, Art of a Shoe-shiner, NY World’s Fair 1939-40
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John Albok, Untitled (counting change), 1948
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John Albok, Elegant Management!, 1934
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John Albok, Business is Business, NY World’s Fair, 1939
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John Albok, Shoeshine Boy, c. 1930s
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John Albok, Shoeshine Boys with Book, c. 1930s
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John Albok, Untitled (cross with shoe shiners), 1938
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John Albok, Prosperity on the Corner, 1933
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John Albok, Shine Please, Fight the Depression, 1935
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John Albok, Fight the Depression, 1935
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John Albok, Shoeshine Boy, 1972
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John Albok, Shine Please, 1936
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John Albok, Shine Please!, 1935
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John Albok, Shoeshine Boy, 1972
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Mario Algaze, Shoeshine, Mexico D.F., 1974
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Mario Algaze, “Nino Limpiabotas”, Quito, Ecuador, 1988
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Mario Algaze, “Se anuncia el Carnaval de Puno”, Lima, Peru, 1983
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Shoeshine Box
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Shoeshine Box
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Shoeshine Box
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Shoeshine Box
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Morris Engel, NYC Shoeshine Boy Fred Wagner, 14th St., 1948
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Morris Engel, NYC Shoeshine Boy Fred Wagner, 14th St., 1948
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Walker Evans, Shoeshine Stand Detail, Southeastern U.S., 1936
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Morris Hubberland, Shoeshine Boys, W. 42nd St., NYC, 1940s
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Saul Leiter, Shoes, c. 1950
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Ruth Orkin, Untitled (shoeshine boy), c. 1940s
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Ruth Orkin, Untitled (shoeshine boy leading new client), c. 1940s
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Ruth Orkin, Untitled (shoeshine boy at work), c. 1940s
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Ruth Orkin, Untitled (shoeshine boy accepting payment), c. 1940s
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Arthur Rothstein, Shoeshine Man, New York City, 1937
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John Albok, Shine Please!, 1936
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Aaron Siskind, Harlem (shoe shining), 1934