tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post6131184345816499920..comments2024-03-05T11:10:29.953-05:00Comments on My Ancestors and Me: Two BitsNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-25210337731371915762010-05-26T07:00:40.657-04:002010-05-26T07:00:40.657-04:00Hello Nancy, I found your blog via Alan. What a f...Hello Nancy, I found your blog via Alan. What a fascinating post. How wonderful to have the month and year that the photo of your grampa was made. I really enjoyed hearing about he and your gramma.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-85758362248568267282010-05-25T19:42:28.796-04:002010-05-25T19:42:28.796-04:00Too fun and interesting!Too fun and interesting!Brennanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-56272401302621235002010-05-25T07:39:21.821-04:002010-05-25T07:39:21.821-04:00What a wonderful story and photograph. How lucky y...What a wonderful story and photograph. How lucky you are to have those memories!Lori Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12333580228977150564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-77914019348220883342010-05-25T07:18:32.881-04:002010-05-25T07:18:32.881-04:00Nancy, I always enjoy catching up with your blog. ...Nancy, I always enjoy catching up with your blog. It's such a feast of interesting stories and photos!TKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556045553534725632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-4265461058162754082010-05-24T04:24:51.785-04:002010-05-24T04:24:51.785-04:00Wonderful Nancy. Such a rich mixture of well-told ...Wonderful Nancy. Such a rich mixture of well-told memories, photograph observation (I agree, you get so much out of a photograph once you scan and enlarge it) and historical research. Bravo.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-62568441298762573592010-05-23T23:20:45.864-04:002010-05-23T23:20:45.864-04:00Thank you all for visiting my blog and for your ki...Thank you all for visiting my blog and for your kind comments, observations, and memories.<br /><br />Natasha, there are actually 2 chairs at the back - one is partially hidden. I wonder how often men had to wait for their haircuts.<br /><br />Martin H., I hadn't thought about that, but you're absolutely right. And that makes me wonder if it was a posed photograph and if there were several taken and they chose the best to print. Thanks for sharing the observation.<br /><br />Dorene - Wouldn't it be interesting to have been a fly on the wall? Did you notice the calendar reflected in the mirror? If you can enlarge the photo enough (and I don't know if you can on blogger) tell me if you don't think it looks like a "girlie" picture at the top. Never would have thought it of my grandfather!<br /><br />Vicki Lane - Thank you. I should have collected more information from my aunt, brother, and sister, and I could possibly have added to the details.<br /><br />Barry - Yes, short seems to be the most frequent word for a haircut of that time period. I haven't looked through men's hairstyles for the changes over time but it would be interesting to learn how a barber was trained when the transition from men wearing longer hair to shorter hair happened.<br /><br />Barbara and Nancy - I find myself wanting to see the other side of the shop, too, and the front entrance.<br /><br />Poetikat - Yow! You probably didn't want to see a barber ever again!<br /><br />Leah - I'm glad you can see the details when you click on the photo. The original is 5" x 7", and I hoped it would be larger than it appears in the post. It's great to be able to enlarge and see so much detail.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-20123428019805736682010-05-22T22:29:29.673-04:002010-05-22T22:29:29.673-04:00Ah, that mysterious haunt of men! This is truly an...Ah, that mysterious haunt of men! This is truly an interesting post, and I love how large the photo blows up so that we can see all the details too!Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061893047279652658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-46124006852156535752010-05-22T20:08:49.005-04:002010-05-22T20:08:49.005-04:00Great, classic photo!
My mother took me to a barbe...Great, classic photo!<br />My mother took me to a barber once and he snipped the back of my neck with his scissors. He followed it up with a dab of rubbing alcohol. Yeow!<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-54042575354702154842010-05-22T14:06:36.459-04:002010-05-22T14:06:36.459-04:00What fun to look through an old fashioned barber s...What fun to look through an old fashioned barber shop! My brother recently retired from barbering. Actually his shop didn't look very much different than this. I'm sure the tools he used were quite different, though- except for the scissors. They never change.North County Film Clubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13683794164957833415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-81021814163032415432010-05-22T12:23:27.125-04:002010-05-22T12:23:27.125-04:00Very interesting. The photo certainly reminds me o...Very interesting. The photo certainly reminds me of a lifetime of visiting barber shops and getting my hair cut--short.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824632356834631279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-78982632156279546102010-05-22T08:46:18.959-04:002010-05-22T08:46:18.959-04:00A wonderful picture and post! So nice to have the ...A wonderful picture and post! So nice to have the details.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-4832051885293147292010-05-22T07:55:57.603-04:002010-05-22T07:55:57.603-04:00Nancy,
What a wonderful post! The image or the ba...Nancy,<br /><br />What a wonderful post! The image or the barber shop is one that probably most all of our grandfathers or great grandfathers experienced. <br /><br />Even though your grandpa didn't share the stories he heard, he probably felt the "pulse" of the community...menfolk usually tell a lot of stories at the barber shop.Dorene from Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371522353987796175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-76587836648104883272010-05-22T05:45:01.421-04:002010-05-22T05:45:01.421-04:00I wonder if the photograph was taken for a special...I wonder if the photograph was taken for a special reason? The man in the chair seems to have his head positioned to show a very neat hair-cut, indeed.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892358786681938797.post-58076296595425529442010-05-22T03:44:39.997-04:002010-05-22T03:44:39.997-04:00The date on the calendar says May 1941 so just 7 m...The date on the calendar says May 1941 so just 7 months later the US would have been at war. I love the old electric fan sitting on the towel dispenser. I can also see the resemblance between him and Grandma Doyle and her sister, Aunt D. <br /><br />It doesn't look like really big shop, I wonder if people just waited in the chair that is at the back of the photo...I would love to go back in time too.Natasha and Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16454014270247663146noreply@blogger.com