Historic Hood River
Shoe Shine Station
8-9-2016
Notes
Here’s something you don’t see anymore– a shoe shine station.
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The History Museum of Hood River County
Bringing the Rich History of Hood River County to Life
Here’s something you don’t see anymore– a shoe shine station.
charlott
I can’t remember which air port I have seen shoe shine stations in in recent years, but they still do exist out there.
L.E.
When my husband was a boy, he went to a shoe shine station in Portland, with his grandfather. He also rode the trolley. His grandfather told him that some day the trolley would disappear.
Maybe his grandfather was trying to give a crash course in sites that would disappear.
nels
Before the present sports shoes and plastic shoes, Saturday night was line up all the shoes on the hearth and the two oldest polished them to a shine for Sunday church. How many even own shoe polish/wax now?
Bill Seaton
In the 1950’s, there was a shoe shine stand in the Bon Ton Barber Shop on downtown Oak Street.
charlott
Yes, Bill, I recall seeing that through the window…..
Judy
Jim Mehlhoff still had it….but it is long gone. The only place I see anything like a shoe shine stand, is at the airport. Talked to the guy that was in charge and he had been at this particular stand for many years. Business men like shoes that really look great, and this was the guy!