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Otis Taylor and the Shoe String Ball

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Call Number	AUR-627
Title	Otis Taylor and the Shoe String Ball
Creator(s)	Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)
Summary	View of African American Otis Taylor sitting next to his shoe string ball at a shoe shine shop probably in the Five Points neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. A sign over the door reads: "1655." The ball was started in 1926 by shoe shine, Jack Hughes. The sign next to Mr. Taylor reads: "Laces from the shoes of famous people, otherwise from every state, many foreign countrys. Add you laces to this hall of fame that started in 1926 by Jack Hughes, master of the shoe shining experience X-pert shine parlor." Signs beside the door read: "Some People Live to Die, But I Die To Live, Jack Hughes" and "Pedal habiliment artistically lubricated expeditiously with luminosity and ambidextrous facility for the infinitesimal renumeration of.15 cents per operation." According to Otis Taylor, Jack Hughes started the ball with laces from Al Capone's shoes.
Date	2006
Notes	Title and content derived from inventory prepared by Kathleen Barlow.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Digitization sponsored by the Kenneth King Foundation; R7001516274
Physical Description	1 slide: color.
Is Part Of	Tom Noel photograph collection. Tom Noel photograph collection, notebook Washington-Wazee Streets.
Subject	African Americans--2000-2010. Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--2000-2010. Denver (Colo.)--2000-2010. Shoe shiners. Taylor, Otis--Pictorial works. African Americans--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works. Shoe shiners--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works. Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works. Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Source	Source: loan, Tom Noel, 2010.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Color slides.; Slides--Color.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph

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