The Disappearance of the Baltimore Shoe Shine Boy

Explore the mystery of the Baltimore shoe shine boy, a figure seen in an iconic 1943 photo. What happened to him and why has he vanished? Learn more here!

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Wonder what happened to this young guy.

Baltimore shoe shine boy - 1943 — Baltimore shoe shine boy – 1943

Source: Library of Congress

Posted in Faces & Places of Yesterday
and tagged Baltimore in the 1940s

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