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N. Hess' Sons was a Baltimore, Maryland area shoe store founded in 1872. Privately held, it was acquired from the founding family by a German company in the late 1970s. At its peak in 1989 it had 32 stores, shrinking to 23 stores in 1994 in a conscious effort to achieve economies of scale after a bankruptcy and reorganization.
Cypriano Ferrandini (1823 – December 20, 1910) was a barber from Corsica who emigrated to the United States, and established himself as the long-time barber and hairdresser in the basement of Barnum's Hotel, in Baltimore, Maryland. There he practiced his trade from the mid-1850s to his retirement long after the close of the Civil War.
The Ward Brothers' House and Shop is a historic home located at Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland, United States.It consists of a two-story, two-bay, one-room plan frame dwelling built around 1880, and the brothers' barber shop, a composite building composed of individual structures grouped together behind a long false front.
The Baltimore Crew was an Italian American organized crime group that ultimately became a faction of the Gambino crime family operating in the port city of Baltimore, Maryland, from about 1900 until the 1990s. It was originally an independent organization led by the D'Urso family until the Corbi takeover in the 1920s.
A barber shop along the Ruoholahdenkatu street in Kamppi, Helsinki, Finland A barber practicing a haircut in Tokyo, Japan A traditional Hausa barber . In modern times, the term "barber" is used both as a professional title and to refer to hairdressers who specialize in men's hair. Historically, all hairdressers were considered barbers.
The property consists of two pavilions, each two stories in height; one along Pratt Street, the other on Light Street. The pavilions house a range of stores and restaurants, some of which once sold merchandise specific to Baltimore or the state of Maryland, such as blue crab food products, Baltimore Orioles and Baltimore Ravens merchandise, Edgar Allan Poe products, and University of Maryland ...
Pages in category "Barber shops" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 51 Fleetgate; B.
Knights of the Razor: Black Barbers in Slavery and Freedom. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1421418391. Mills, Quincy T. (2013). Cutting Along the Color Line: Black Barbers and Barber Shops in America. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0812245417. Johnson, Ronald Angelo (July 2 ...