1899 Article Shoe Polishing Device Robert F Burwell - ORIGINAL SCA2 PTW2 This piece was illustrated by

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1899 Article Shoe Polishing Device Robert F Burwell - ORIGINAL SCA2 PTW2 This piece was illustrated byThis is an original 1899 one page article on Shoes Polishing Apparatus invented by Robert F. Burwell from 902 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut. The device comprises a box or stand having in its lower portion a drawer for brushes, dauber, etc., while in its open top is a foot rest, on opposite sides of which are rollers. Under the rollers and over the rest on which one's boot or shoe is placed extends a polishing band having handles at each end by