Word: barbershop
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Harvard Square Wallpaper and Paint Company is transferring its hardware goods to what was until recently the Crimson Barbershop. It plans to open up in its new spot Monday or Tuesday, while the owner of the Crimson Barbershop is currently employed on the other side of Briggs and Briggs at the University Barbershop...
Other performers during the evening included: Eric Victor, a dancer from the cast of "Inside U.S.A.," the Dunster Dunces and the Krockodiloes, both collegiate singing outfits; Ellis Traub '52, who played a musical saw; Hugh Shepley '51, a juggler; the Four Flats, a freshman barbershop quarter; and Marie McDonnell, New England Tributary Theater singer...
...freshmen will get the jump on spring term social activities Saturday with a "Cupid's Caper" dance. Valentine's Day provides the motif for the weekend festivities and an excuse to crown a "Valentine Queen of the Dance." Four '52 men who organized themselves into a barbershop quartet for the Yale dance will perform again Saturday...
Wrote Kotko: "New social relations . . . make it revolting to see some remnants of the old degrading habits still present. You get a shave in a barbershop, and before you have a chance to get to the door an agile little man makes several passes at you with his clothesbrush, allegedly depriving you of nonexistent bits of hair. Having completed this 'labor,' he looks at you expectantly. The man in charge of the wardrobe hands you your coat with the same expectant look in his eyes...
...Face. Despite the laggards, the overall expansion of big & little business was remolding the U.S. industrial face. The greatest growth was in the Midwest, which seemed more & more like the industrial heartland (in Peoria, a barbershop proudly advertised: "Joe's place is a two-chair shop now"). In the Southwest, another empire was abuilding...