Rarely seen today and on the way to being a Discredited Trope (at least in First World countries) is the Shoe Shine Boy and the Shoe Shine Stand. The Shoe Shine Boy is a young boy who carries around a box. Inside the box are the shine tools, which the boy takes from the box as the customer places his shoe on a pedestal built on the box. Stands are often seen at bus and train stations, as well as at hotels. In older stories they were often on the street. Shoe shine stands do still exist, but this site is about tropes. You don't see them much in media anymore.