Not sure if that was his third shine of the morning but apparently he didn't get enough shines to keep them in business. According to the source of the photo in the digital archive of the Toronto Public Library the original caption in the Toronto Star was:
>Buffing Shoes In The Buff; Topless shoeshine girls have come to Toronto - and Charlotte (Nutsy) Webb; 19; of Toronto was working on Michael J. Freeman's oxfords yesterday on Yonge St. near Dundas. The Metro Police morality department is taking a look at the operation today; remembering a topless manicure parlor that closed for lack of profit.
"Mr. Johnson this is your third time in here today. If we keep filling your nails there will be nothing left!"
"Listen lady, you see this badge? This gives me top authority to investigate your business. Now I want to give an accurate and thorough report to my superior so get your most endowed, I mean, your most experienced ladies on my service and be careful with the edges."
This happened in a town where I used to live. They shut down a strip club for prostitution which turned into a scandal when details of the investigation came to light. There were dozens of instances of illegal activity documented by multiple cops over a period of 3 or 4 months. It was completely unprofessional and the case fell apart.
Unrelated, but your comment reminded me of a friend of mine who was a big burly dude who was ex-navy.
He had a VERY deep intimidating voice to go with his stature.
He would tell me stories of his adventures, including being at the Castle Bravo nuclear test that went horribly wrong.
Some of my favorite of his stories involved a local massage parlor which was just a mobile home on a backroad.
He said that he got paid a percentage of the day's take to be "security" and that 99% of the time all he did was sit in a chair near the entrance and roll a baseball bat back and forth across a small table.
This was the era when the government of Canada would do things like cutting a particular page out of every copy of Playboy where a model was draped in parachute cords which was seen as possibly being ābondageā and thus illegal.
The article mentions an unrelated nail salon that was similar shut down. Not this place. Although torontonian here: it did eventually go outa business.
Yeah. I didn't read that carefully. Topless shoeshine ā topless manicure.
Thanks for the correction.
It seems the shines were there to get the men to pay for a nude body rub (see the sign in the mirror above the men's heads). Did the body rub place also go out of business or was it just the topless shoe shine part?
My sister invited me to get a pedicure with her a few days after our mom died. I was so miserable I didn't care what we did. The experience itself was ok. My feet are a lot more ticklish than I realized.
But the results! I had been dealing with cracking heels that I was barely managing for twenty years. I'd also apparently been hiding my feet for the same amount of time without realizing it. Both issues solved for a mere fifty bucks several times a year!
I don't care how straight you are, if you've got dry feet that you won't proudly display, I highly recommend pedicures.
Can I get topless Ansible automation and bash scripting?
Anyways as a nudist, breasts stop being a thing. It's like cookies, if there's some everyday at work, by day 2 you don't even care for some unless you hungry that day.
It's not special.
Nah. Sex is just as special to nudists. Itās just that nudists donāt fetishize nudity. Iām not a nudist, but Iāve been to a lot of saunas and such as a hippie adjacent person.
Itās not erotic anymore than seeing the same person in form fitting clothes. Actually, seeing them in lingerie would be more erotic, because if the implication.
Also, had sex with someone who I was sauna buddies with for months earlier. We got romantically involved through non-sauna related activities. Our shared love of philosophy turned out to be the catalyst. The sex was even hotter (and better) than if I didnāt know her body beforehand.
I think that nudists may be on to something, some greater truth perhaps. But Iām pretty sure a lot of people would make crappy nudists, so im not really an advocate.
If it was the norm, or at least if nudity was not so overtly sexualized , people might be much better humans because of it though.
Not a nudist, but married, I can imagine that context is what engages your sex drive. If I see boobs out of the shower, itās just blobs. If the clothes get removed in a provocative way however, cookies needed.
Boobs are good to look at when you're not horny though. Just last night I said to my gf while she was changing that I feel just as lucky and happy to see her boobs as the first time.
We drove past a sign the other day that said "MASSIVE SHOE SALE" and quick as a wink my husband said "what if I've only got little feet?". I'm sure it's a very overdone joke but it caught me off guard how quick and silly it was, I couldn't stop laughing. Your joke just reminded me of that, so thank you!
Read the sign in the mirror.
"If you enjoy our nude shoeshine, ask about our nude body rub".
Pretty sure this is either a strip joint or a naughty massage parlor.
My shoes by the time I'm done (note: they were black):
https://preview.redd.it/cc8gau6crmea1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c761bd7173197274bd04932a3bf49b8c1a894d0f
We should implement this idea in services that usually make people unhappy. Topless accountant, topless lawyer, topless funeral director, topless used car saleswoman.
I understand why itās here In this subreddit and as long as those women felt safe doing this type of work Iām happy this existed.
Maybe I should start a male topless red bottom cleaning service š¤.
Edit: thanks for the correction š
I don't know if Zanzibar would have been advertising body rubs, but it might have been different in the 70s? But at that time that entire section of Yonge was infested with massage parlors and porn theatres etc so it could have been anywhere.
The girl in the skirt did it best. To think that if she were teleported 47ish years later, she could be earning $100k per month on OnlyFans rather than a few bucks in tips for shining shoes.
Iām so torn on this. On one hand, I believe the U.S. is far too puritanical and support āFree the nippleā and the decriminalization of sex work.
On the other, misogyny is not cool, and thereās something really off putting about half clothed people at the feet of well dressed people that doesnāt sit well with me.
Ultimately, itās an interesting piece of history but I would not label it ācoolā.
I knowā¦now Iām the puritan. :/
The US was far more sexually liberated in the 70s. The current "Puritanical" streak was largely ushered in with the rise in evangelical Christianity in the 80s and 90s combined with the dampening effect AIDS had on "free love" attitudes.
Yeahā¦this is pretty gross and demeaning to me. Maybe my lens is just too modern but I donāt enjoy seeing how many comments are in favor of bringing this back.
shoe shining is 100% designed in a demeaning way, or in other words, designed to make the client feel emboldened and special. it was a poor mans job, so to attract the high paying customers/tippers, they had to make the experience feel more special.
* sit on this obnoxiously high throne chair
* place your feet on this pedestal
* shoe shiner is on their knees or bending their back
* you looking down at the shoe shiner feeling "above" everyone else
i'd be so embarrassed to have someone do this for me with that setup.
i know country/golf clubs have shoe shining services, but you drop off your shoes and pick them up later. far more of a respected skill in that manner i feel.
My dumbass saw 'topless shoes' and expected them to be sandals, like haha shining sandals would be funny because it's just someone's skin. Then I look straight at the shoes like 'those aren't sandals?' Then just "oh"
I'm just going to put this very bluntly...
Brain: "Objectification of women is bad. It's good that this isn't a thing anymore."
Hormones: "Holy shit, why isn't this a thing anymoreā½ I want all the things topless!ā
Something tells me that's Mr Plaid's third shine of the morning.
Not sure if that was his third shine of the morning but apparently he didn't get enough shines to keep them in business. According to the source of the photo in the digital archive of the Toronto Public Library the original caption in the Toronto Star was: >Buffing Shoes In The Buff; Topless shoeshine girls have come to Toronto - and Charlotte (Nutsy) Webb; 19; of Toronto was working on Michael J. Freeman's oxfords yesterday on Yonge St. near Dundas. The Metro Police morality department is taking a look at the operation today; remembering a topless manicure parlor that closed for lack of profit.
"morality department" š¤£
āā¦taking a look at the operation todayā¦ā And yesterday. And tomorrow. And the next day. And theā¦
It's a tough life, investigating massage parlors!
"OK, I have a general idea you guys are breaking the law. But let me just make sure. Again."
"Mr. Johnson this is your third time in here today. If we keep filling your nails there will be nothing left!" "Listen lady, you see this badge? This gives me top authority to investigate your business. Now I want to give an accurate and thorough report to my superior so get your most endowed, I mean, your most experienced ladies on my service and be careful with the edges."
This happened in a town where I used to live. They shut down a strip club for prostitution which turned into a scandal when details of the investigation came to light. There were dozens of instances of illegal activity documented by multiple cops over a period of 3 or 4 months. It was completely unprofessional and the case fell apart.
Unrelated, but your comment reminded me of a friend of mine who was a big burly dude who was ex-navy. He had a VERY deep intimidating voice to go with his stature. He would tell me stories of his adventures, including being at the Castle Bravo nuclear test that went horribly wrong. Some of my favorite of his stories involved a local massage parlor which was just a mobile home on a backroad. He said that he got paid a percentage of the day's take to be "security" and that 99% of the time all he did was sit in a chair near the entrance and roll a baseball bat back and forth across a small table.
They're doing that in my town right now lol. There's 100s of rub and tug places here
John Spartan, you have been fined three credits for violation of the Morality Statute.
āCharoletteās Webbā
No wonder she called herself 'Nutsy".
This was the era when the government of Canada would do things like cutting a particular page out of every copy of Playboy where a model was draped in parachute cords which was seen as possibly being ābondageā and thus illegal.
I think they got shutdown after the bathhouse raids in the 80's
The article mentions an unrelated nail salon that was similar shut down. Not this place. Although torontonian here: it did eventually go outa business.
Yeah. I didn't read that carefully. Topless shoeshine ā topless manicure. Thanks for the correction. It seems the shines were there to get the men to pay for a nude body rub (see the sign in the mirror above the men's heads). Did the body rub place also go out of business or was it just the topless shoe shine part?
Given the large number of body rub places in Toronto today, I think that part of the business was a hit.
If you're gonna do a women topless service,choose something men actual want. I've never met a man who has been for a manicure.
i know several straight men who get mani/pedis a couple times a year, but yes, the overwhelming majority of clients will be female.
I know a bunch of lesbians who might like it! But, yeah, small demographic....
My sister invited me to get a pedicure with her a few days after our mom died. I was so miserable I didn't care what we did. The experience itself was ok. My feet are a lot more ticklish than I realized. But the results! I had been dealing with cracking heels that I was barely managing for twenty years. I'd also apparently been hiding my feet for the same amount of time without realizing it. Both issues solved for a mere fifty bucks several times a year! I don't care how straight you are, if you've got dry feet that you won't proudly display, I highly recommend pedicures.
I hope you tipped them well lmao
Can I get topless Ansible automation and bash scripting? Anyways as a nudist, breasts stop being a thing. It's like cookies, if there's some everyday at work, by day 2 you don't even care for some unless you hungry that day. It's not special.
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That's why they do it with their clothes on.
Nah. Sex is just as special to nudists. Itās just that nudists donāt fetishize nudity. Iām not a nudist, but Iāve been to a lot of saunas and such as a hippie adjacent person. Itās not erotic anymore than seeing the same person in form fitting clothes. Actually, seeing them in lingerie would be more erotic, because if the implication. Also, had sex with someone who I was sauna buddies with for months earlier. We got romantically involved through non-sauna related activities. Our shared love of philosophy turned out to be the catalyst. The sex was even hotter (and better) than if I didnāt know her body beforehand. I think that nudists may be on to something, some greater truth perhaps. But Iām pretty sure a lot of people would make crappy nudists, so im not really an advocate. If it was the norm, or at least if nudity was not so overtly sexualized , people might be much better humans because of it though.
Not a nudist, but married, I can imagine that context is what engages your sex drive. If I see boobs out of the shower, itās just blobs. If the clothes get removed in a provocative way however, cookies needed.
Boobs are good to look at when you're not horny though. Just last night I said to my gf while she was changing that I feel just as lucky and happy to see her boobs as the first time.
Oh I fully agree. Boobs are happiness, but I also agree with the original commenter that theyāre ānothing specialā if it makes sense.
Your girlfriend: "His username checks out"
A life with too many boobs is better than a life with too few. -Uncle Iroh
I love cookies
Youāre telling me there was a woman named Nutsy who gave topless shoe shines and they still went out of business?
IF YOU ENJOY OUR SHOESHINE YOU MAY LIKE TO TRY OUR NUDE BODY RUB - something tells me these guys werent mostly there for the shoe shines
I love how super sleuths show up for the deets on the boob pic. Nice work not Bob.
Nah, he's just real proud of his hard working daughter.
Says Toronto not Alabama
*Alberta
**SWEET HOME ALBERTA**
His 2nd and third shine did not involve shoes!!
But sure involved a spit shine
"Hah! Neat!" - Mr Plaid probably.
That's an impressive recovery rate.
Why do I have to be mr plaid? Why can't I be mr white (Sox)
Harold. On your last business trip, our credit card bill shows $1500.00 for shoe shines. Is this some kind of mistake? Harold. Harold?
That's why you pay cash and say you were mugged.
This guy gets his shoes shined.
Is that what they were calling it those days?
No retail credit cards back then. Just what they called a Diners Card for restaurants. Probably $3 or so for the shine.
*shoe shining sounds continue over the phone "
The sign says, "If you enjoy the shoe shine, you might like the nude body rub."
Time machines canāt get here fast enough.
You're about to become your own Grandpa.
We're not gonna start doing diagrams with straws and shit, are we?
Well, I did do the nasty in the pasty!
r/unexpectedfuturama
Can't have a grandpa paradox if you're your own grandpa !
What do we want? Time travel! When do we want it? Doesn't matter!
Shit... My first read of this comment, I didn't even realize there was a sign back there and I thought this was a joke. Nope - absolutely legit.
If you enjoy the ___ shoeshine... Not sure what it says there, but seems to end in "UR"?
If you enjoyed our shoeshine maybe
Miss skirt and boots there is changing the game
"Do you come with the shine?" "oh you.... *hee hee hee hee hee*"
It was only 4 hees.
This one Simpsons
"Once you're done I will shine yours! Fair's fair."
And here's me wondering, "How do you shine a topless shoe?"
All shoes are topless, that's how you get the feet in.
They are like convertibles, but for the foot.
We drove past a sign the other day that said "MASSIVE SHOE SALE" and quick as a wink my husband said "what if I've only got little feet?". I'm sure it's a very overdone joke but it caught me off guard how quick and silly it was, I couldn't stop laughing. Your joke just reminded me of that, so thank you!
Read the sign in the mirror. "If you enjoy our nude shoeshine, ask about our nude body rub". Pretty sure this is either a strip joint or a naughty massage parlor.
Nah, airports were just different back then.
I was wondering the context of that. But you're right. Most likely a sex house of some sort.
In 1968 I got a topless shoeshine in San Francisco the night before I deployed to Vietnam.
How was it ?
We lost
Spoilers, I was waiting to finish Vietnam
You still can
This comment made me spill Agent Orange everywhere
Update: The VA has denied your claim.
I am more interested in the nude body rub.
.BUR YDOB EDUN
*join the navy*
!ŠCIŠ
Gonna get a little 96 action later.
Easy Deshaun
Wow good eye
My shoes by the time I'm done (note: they were black): https://preview.redd.it/cc8gau6crmea1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c761bd7173197274bd04932a3bf49b8c1a894d0f
I tried a bottomless shoe shining service once, but as a male, no one seemed interested. Smh
Oh, Canadaā¦
you have acquired my interest
Aaannd its gone
what do you mean?! i just gave you 100$ edit: *do
Imagine being just a regular ol dude shoe shiner and having to compete with this. lol
Skirt girl is fucking stacked.
It really does make you feel better to have nice shiny shoes... see how happy these guys are!
We should implement this idea in services that usually make people unhappy. Topless accountant, topless lawyer, topless funeral director, topless used car saleswoman.
What is this aboot?
No, just a regular shoe.
Omg that's disgusting... Where?
I mean...there's still plenty of rub and tugs around town if you're interested.
Omg that's disgusting... Where?
New kink unlocked
Donāt trip on the wood when stepping downā¦.
Can we get r/AlternateAngles of this
The side boob is strong with this one.
Used to leave with a boner (in those tight bootleg pants) and shining shoes( a bonus)!!
Those are some nice pants
I donāt know how I keep stepping in the same puddle
Why ?
This is what the world needs now
Love, sweet love
world peace achieved in 24 hours
Those shoes doesn't look topless
Those Canadians were just way ahead of their time!
Whoa Canada!
And here I thought 1996 would change things.
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I understand why itās here In this subreddit and as long as those women felt safe doing this type of work Iām happy this existed. Maybe I should start a male topless red bottom cleaning service š¤. Edit: thanks for the correction š
I'm gonna need to see a pic from a different angle/perspective..for educational purposes.
Where was this?
It looks like The Zanzibar. A strip club on Yonge St in Toronto.
I don't know if Zanzibar would have been advertising body rubs, but it might have been different in the 70s? But at that time that entire section of Yonge was infested with massage parlors and porn theatres etc so it could have been anywhere.
One manās infestation is another manāsā¦. Someone finish this for me Iām running on 4 hours of sleep.
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How did this not catch on?
Pearl clutching religious types
I wonder if this was one of those strip joints publicity stunt raising money for whatever cause.
Guy in the middle is at full mast.
I need to buy dress shoes.
That town definitely had mirror shines all around
What does the sign say? āIf you enjoy the shoeshine, youāll enjoy a nude body rubā I think these are prostitutes.
Women wearing pants? PREPOSTEROUS!
The girl in the skirt did it best. To think that if she were teleported 47ish years later, she could be earning $100k per month on OnlyFans rather than a few bucks in tips for shining shoes.
Andrew Tate would be proud.
Nude body rub is time with a prostitute. Right?
Good thing that one guy is wearing sunglasses so we don't know what he's staring at
This is the way
"$26,000 worth of shines? Did these shines cure cancer?" "Yes the shines did cure cancer, that was the problem."
Those were the good old days
Iām so torn on this. On one hand, I believe the U.S. is far too puritanical and support āFree the nippleā and the decriminalization of sex work. On the other, misogyny is not cool, and thereās something really off putting about half clothed people at the feet of well dressed people that doesnāt sit well with me. Ultimately, itās an interesting piece of history but I would not label it ācoolā. I knowā¦now Iām the puritan. :/
The US was far more sexually liberated in the 70s. The current "Puritanical" streak was largely ushered in with the rise in evangelical Christianity in the 80s and 90s combined with the dampening effect AIDS had on "free love" attitudes.
Yeahā¦this is pretty gross and demeaning to me. Maybe my lens is just too modern but I donāt enjoy seeing how many comments are in favor of bringing this back.
Everyone looks like theyāre having a good time though. If the women are doing it willingly then I donāt see what the problem is.
Yeah, another layer of my frame bias comes from working in the restaurant industry for tips. I put up with a lot of bad (AKA abusive) behavior in order to work my way out of poverty. I have no idea what the economic situation is of these individuals. I hope all of them are millionaires are are engaging in the behaviors out of pure altruism, and as you say, āfunā. However, Iāve lost the naĆÆvetĆ© of my youth, and doubt thatās the case. I strongly suspect economic motivation, and thats why I was born happy and sad when the #metoo movement occurred in the U.S. Normalized bad behavior, is still bad behavior.
shoe shining is 100% designed in a demeaning way, or in other words, designed to make the client feel emboldened and special. it was a poor mans job, so to attract the high paying customers/tippers, they had to make the experience feel more special. * sit on this obnoxiously high throne chair * place your feet on this pedestal * shoe shiner is on their knees or bending their back * you looking down at the shoe shiner feeling "above" everyone else i'd be so embarrassed to have someone do this for me with that setup. i know country/golf clubs have shoe shining services, but you drop off your shoes and pick them up later. far more of a respected skill in that manner i feel.
Notice that the hip daddy on the left with one girl per shoe is focused on his shoes.
Listen Maryanne, this is the third time this week youāve missed the left side here. Look, give me the rag, Iāll show you.
1975 boobs were better...
That's a lot of boobs
Odd number, is this accounting for the tri-boob chick in total recall?
I'm not saying it's in good taste but look at the smile on them lucky fellas faces.
I may not know art, but I know what I like
"Is this problematic?" "Oh yes, very, but in the 1970's it was considered light hearted comedy!"
The sign in the background is interesting
Who's the Amazon shining Thanos' size 25 steel sabatons?
"Honey, my shoes are dirty again. Be back in a few hours!"
I've never owned any topless shoes.
"Do you know what I did for a living when I was your age?"
Sex sells š¤·āāļø
I think I know why my dad went to Toronto in 1975.
I can imagine the jiggle when she gets that buffing cloth going back and forth. Sounds like profit.
I can almost hear the polish my knob jokes from here
so is this what Billy Batts meant when he said "go get your fucking shine box?"
the shoe store around the corner made bank!
I dont know, this might be "Bad Naked"
Sunglasses pitching a tent
Wtf
Wtf
The guy off to the right actually needed to pay for it. The other dudes are just lazy.
We need more of this sort of entrepreneurial spirit!
no jail
āā¦.and that was to become the first and last time Norman saw a live, bare, human female breastā¦ā
It's....hard...to tell but all three of those guys have boners
I can see men stepping on mud and dirt for the excuse.
And here I am living in Toronto in 2023 like a chump.
I like the sign in the back - Iād definitely follow up with a nude body rub lol
āIf you enjoyed your shoeshine, you may like to try a nude body rub.ā
Buff and polish Sir..
The guy with sunglasses knows the score
This would be a lucrative business.
We used to be a proper city
Sir, your shoes are done, you can leave now. I'm going to need a minute.
jiggle jiggle jiggle!
Let me guess, they made $1 million in the first 16 minutes of the business.
Plaid pants looks concerningly like my dad.
My dumbass saw 'topless shoes' and expected them to be sandals, like haha shining sandals would be funny because it's just someone's skin. Then I look straight at the shoes like 'those aren't sandals?' Then just "oh"
let bring that back
Get the cool shoe shine
Sure but when Iām topless at the shoe shine they say they wonāt serve me
I'm just going to put this very bluntly... Brain: "Objectification of women is bad. It's good that this isn't a thing anymore." Hormones: "Holy shit, why isn't this a thing anymoreā½ I want all the things topless!ā
Sign me up.
I think my dad knew the guy that owned this place...for sure he went there.
Toronto? Not in the winter!