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Date: 10/24/16 15:18
Vintage shoeshine stand, San Bernardino, CA
Author: ATSF2324

In the original waiting area.


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Date: 10/24/16 16:03
Re: Vintage shoeshine stand, San Bernardino, CA
Author: The_Chief_Way

very nice

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Date: 10/24/16 16:22
Re: Vintage shoeshine stand, San Bernardino, CA
Author: Woodman

Probably never to shine shoes again.  I was there in July waiting on #4 for my trip back to ABQ and then to my van to drive back to Indy.  Just sitting in the old antique station is kinda fun. There is a museum there but it was closed on Sundays.

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Date: 10/24/16 16:41
Re: Vintage shoeshine stand, San Bernardino, CA
Author: UPNW2-1083

Cool shots. Last time I was in the depot the Santa Fe dispatchers were on the second floor. Needless to say, that was a while ago.-BMT

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Date: 10/24/16 16:54
Re: Vintage shoeshine stand, San Bernardino, CA
Author: shortlineboss

UP trainmaster had an office in the depot in the 60's.

Mike Root
Madras, OR

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Date: 10/24/16 17:03
Re: Vintage shoeshine stand, San Bernardino, CA
Author: Lackawanna484

Those chairs likely helped create lots of middle class jobs over the years.  Dreams of kids going on to professions, college, skilled trades, etc.

Thanks for the pictures.

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Date: 10/24/16 17:49
Re: Vintage shoeshine stand, San Bernardino, CA
Author: CajonRat

Real wood, how 20th century.

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Date: 10/24/16 21:39
Re: Vintage shoeshine stand, San Bernardino, CA
Author: up833

Stands like that, some many chairs in a row, at most airports in the 60s.  Dont know when they went out of favor.
Roger B

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Date: 10/24/16 22:25
Re: Vintage shoeshine stand, San Bernardino, CA
Author: CofSF

I'm sure most of you know that Union Station has a shoe shine stand again.  Ms. Debra Hatrick, stewardess-nurse supervisor for Union Pacific (going out on the City of Los Angeles with a stewardess-in-training) takes a moment out of her pre-departure activities to spiffy up.

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Date: 10/25/16 07:14
Re: Vintage shoeshine stand, San Bernardino, CA
Author: Auburn_Ed

United Airlines would like to hire Ms. Hatrick, she would fit right in with their senior crews flying the Orient.

Ed

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Date: 10/25/16 09:24
Re: Vintage shoeshine stand, San Bernardino, CA
Author: hogantunnel

Auburn_Ed Wrote:
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> United Airlines would like to hire Ms. Hatrick,
> she would fit right in with their senior crews
> flying the Orient.
>
> Ed
And I think they're all domiciled at a huge apartment complex south of SFO in Burlingame, CA. I think locals will know the location. Those old "Fly Me" years are long gone.

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Date: 10/25/16 10:37
Re: Vintage shoeshine stand, San Bernardino, CA
Author: Westbound

Reminds me of old Joe, the man who worked the shoeshine stand far beyond normal retirement age at the now abandoned classic SP depot at Oakland, CA. When he died, the coroner's investigators found a small fortune in gold coins hidden in his residence. The only thing known for sure was that he did not take them with him...  

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Date: 10/25/16 18:22
Re: Vintage shoeshine stand, San Bernardino, CA
Author: PHall

Auburn_Ed Wrote:
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> United Airlines would like to hire Ms. Hatrick,
> she would fit right in with their senior crews
> flying the Orient.
>
> Ed

Seniority is everything!

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