Testing [00:00]
Introduction [00:12]
Start as a barber in Oakland, California [00:25]
Attended Moler Barber College in Oakland in 1934-1936 [00:59]
Apprenticed and purchased barbershop [01:54]
Changes in barbers’ equipment [04:25]
Requirements to become a barber [05:49]
Cost of a haircut and shave during the 1920s-1930s [06:49]
Class preferences for shaves [08:15]
Barber poles and medical services provided by barbers [09:10]
Barbers known as ‘tonsorial artists’ [10:51]
Barber prices and Barbers’ Journal [11:57]
First black female barbers during World War II [13:21]
Golf and bowling as hobbies [14:44]
President of the California Barbers Association [16:38]
Discrimination against African American barbers by local unions [18:00]
Love of music and travel [19:27]
Cutting hair of Paul Robeson, Count Basie, and celebrities staying at the California Hotel [20:15]
Trainee shop for young black barbers [21:20]
Appointment and work on the State Board of Barber Examiners [22:00]
Hairstyles over the years [27:00]
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