Jewish life - Bootblack stand, busy on Jewish New Year, Sept. 1905 – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Jewish life - Bootblack stand, busy on Jewish New Year, Sept. 1905 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Jewish life - Bootblack stand, busy on Jewish New Year, Sept. 1905
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A shoeshine stand on a New York City street, busy on the Jewish New Year in September 1905, is what sets this picture apart from other street scenes of the period. Bain News Service, the photo agency run by George Grantham Bain, made the image, and its catalog card links it to the holiday and to the city's Jewish community. Shoeshiners and street peddlers were a familiar sight in immigrant neighborhoods, where many young men and boys ran small businesses on the sidewalk. The caption data was transcribed from old cards and is unverified, so treat the exact location as approximate.
| Created / published | 1905 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photo by Bain News Service, N.Y.C. No. 1086-4 - no orig. neg. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: NY--NYC--Misc.--1905; Peddlers; Holidays--Jewish New Year--1905; Jews--NY--NYC--1905; Jews; Geogr.; Holidays; Bootblacks; Street vendors; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-145974 |
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