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The Shivers Family

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Description: The Shivers family poses in front of the family barbershop. From left to right are Claude Shivers, Rebecca Ann Shivers, Nettie Shivers, unknown, Ashley Shi...
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Just the Facts

Date: 1962
Description: During a long strike by United Packinghouse Workers Local 156, the Teamsters union attempted to lure the strikers into their union. To combat that effort, ...
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Barber Shop Interior

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Description: Interior view of a barber shop with barber chairs with men seated on the right side and empty chairs for waiting customers on the left.
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Huntington Barber Shop

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Description: Three barbers standing proudly next to empty barber chairs at Herman's Hotel.
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Union Station Barbershop

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Description: Interior view of the Union Station Barber Shop with a number of men seated in chairs with barbers standing behind them. Plants and light fixtures are suspe...
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Coonskin Haircut

Date: 1955
Description: 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 p...
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Come for the Haircut, Stay for the Banjo

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Description: Rube Guyett and George Mandle with banjos in the Guyett Barber Shop.
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Miller and his Studebaker

Date: 1911
Description: George Miller, a local barber, poses sitting in a Studebaker parked on a lawn. In the background are trees and a house.
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Goold's Barber Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Two barbers: Elmer Lee (left) and William Goold (right), stand beside their barber's chairs while an unknown male patron sits in one of the chairs. Reflect...
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Brandmeyer's Barber Shop

Date: 03 1930
Description: Two barbers standing and posing on the sidewalk in front of the James J. Brandmeyer Barber Shop at 404 W. Lakeside Street. A sign in the window advertises ...
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Barbers Union Local 31

Date: 1903
Description: Studio group portrait of men on the Champion Base Ball team. Most of the men are identified.

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