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Coonskin Haircut
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Composite photograph of a boy and his barber. The front view shows the boy holding a coonskin cap popularized at the time by the Davy Crockett television program. The back view shows that the boy's hair is cut into a shape resembling the coonskin cap.
1955
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W01472E
WHi 83452
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Boys Getting Haircuts
November 13, 1958
Tom Voss having hair brushed off his face by a barber following a haircut.
Boys Getting Haircuts
November 13, 1958
Joseph Jackson III having hair brushed off his face by a barber following a haircut.
Come for the Haircut, Stay for the Banjo
Rube Guyett and George Mandle with banjos in the Guyett Barber Shop.
Raymond Center School Students
December 2, 1955
Group portrait of first through eighth grade students at Raymond Center School with their teacher, Gloria Bicha. One boy wears a Davy Crockett shirt.
