Archive ID: 2021-001-1

Barber trimming child’s hair at Flowers Barbershop

Date Created: undated

Donor: Millicent Flowers

Media Type: Photograph

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This image is of the Flowers Barbershop and was donated by Millicent Flowers via Steven Walsh, dir. of documentary “Southeast: a city within a city.” Millicent Flowers recalled that steel mill workers used to come in for haircuts. As the steel mills began to close, hair appointments dwindled, forcing the barbershop to close in 1981.

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Barber trimming child’s hair at Flowers Barbershop

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