Antique Wood Shoe Shine Polish Box cover Advertising Lithography Print Black AmericanaGreat lithograph of what looks to be an advertising illustration for a store display of shoe blacking or shoe polishAll wood cover inside
Black Spots on insideHinges are slightly damaged and only made of thin wire but still function
Tall black man shining a boot and laughing at a very unusual looking dog that has seen its reflection in a boot that was highly polished
It seems to date somewhere around the 1870s
A great piece of Black Americana!
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