Thread: Negro Barber Shop, Atlanta, 1936

March 1936. "Negro barber shop, Atlanta." Large-format nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Resettlement Administration. Barbershop Duet: 1936 | Shorpy Photo Archive

interesting photo

Really cool photo, thanks

great photo. always enjoy old pics of barber shops.

That photo seems to ooze class and respectability.

If you follow the thread, and open the picture, it is very high resolution. You can scroll around and see some amazing details of the picture background. Almost liking picking up the object to examine. This seems to be true of almost all pictures from Shorpy, which ranges far beyond barber pictures. (E.g., WW II photos.)

Just noticed a reference on a newspaper in the picture to "Mae West in Klondike Annie." Wikipedia lists this as a 1936 film... Klondike Annie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

From the article...

Klondike Annie is a 1936 black-and-white comedy film starring Mae West and Victor McLaglen. The film was co-written by West from one of her plays and directed by Raoul Walsh. This film caused a rift between West and William Randolph Hearst, who decided never to print West's name in any of his newspapers. The reason given was the racy material of the film and West's sexual persona. This may have been considered hypocritical, due to his extramarital affair with actress Marion Davies. This and a famous radio appearance announced the end of her period at Paramount Pictures. She was quoted as saying " I may have invited censorship into Hollywood, but I also saved the industry and Paramount."

WOW cool for sure...