Barbershop

Most of the settlers got their hair cut at home. If someone was good with scissors and had hand clippers, that person would set up a small barbershop in their home. Later, a barbershop might have opened on the main street of the town. At the barbershop men could get a shave, shampoo, and haircut. This was a popular meeting place for men.

Many men would cut their hair at home, but some would go to barber shops.

A mother and her three children are sitting down by their car to have supper in the field during harvest time.

PHOTO CREDIT: WESTERN DEVELOPMENT MUSEUM

Barbers need tools and hair supplies to cut hair including chairs for their clients to sit in.

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