Thread: Digging through my shoebox of photos, results in a trip down memory lane.....

I lucked upon a couple of photos of my dad. I still have half a shoebox to go, but I'm not that hopeful I'll find any photos of my dads original barbershop in Winnipeg.

What I did find was a photo dating back to the 1945-1950 period after the war, when my dad worked in a barber shop in Norway (most likely Oslo). My dad is the second from the right in this black and white photo (short and balding.... I inherited the balding bit)... I see the smocks were a tad longer back then!

The color photo (well faded of course, but it still scanned) is from the inside of my dads last barbershop that he owned. The time period would be somewhere around 1960 to 1965 and while the building this was in, is still there, it has been part of an Italian restaurant for many years and the glass doors/windows were replaced some 4 or 5 years ago. My dad has the #1 chair so he is closest to window. It doesn't show in that picture, but there were strops hanging on the right hand side of those chairs, and I recall there were ashtrays built into the armrests that could be pulled out by the customer.

These photos are not exactly straight razor related I guess, but I did get a kick out of finding them and thought I would share. I hope I picked the right section of the forum to post them.







Regards

Christian