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Photograph article dated May 23, 1963 partially reads, "Just about the fanciest portable shoeshine stand you've ever seen is regularly toted up and down Lankershim Blvd. by a 13-year-old boy. There's a folding chair, with a square of carpeting in front of it, for the customer, a foam rubber knee pad for the shiner, a glass-fronted display case for 10 kinds of shoe polish, and, of course, the all-important footrest box for the shoes to be shined. The box has a built-in flashlight for after-dark work. The shoeshine boy is Phillip Brunell, a teen-age entrepreneur extraordinaire, a go-getter adept at turning pedestrians into instant customers."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;18 x 13 cm. Photographic prints
Shoe shiners--California--Los Angeles Shoes--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Lankershim Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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