Kōrero: Street life

Bootblacks

Bootblacks

Bootblacks were relatively common on city streets until the mid-20th century. Their later disappearance may have been because New Zealanders came to see the work as demeaning – the bootblack is literally at his client’s feet – and felt uncomfortable being seen to support the trade.

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New Zealand Herald
Reference: Auckland Weekly News, 30 April 1914

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Ben Schrader, 'Street life - Street trade and people, 1840–1914', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/20675/bootblacks (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Ben Schrader, i tāngia i te 11 Mar 2010