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2006.014.003
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Hand operated hair clippers from Sam Brown's barbershop.
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Hand operated Hair clipper No. 00. These hair clippers belonged to Sam Brown, who owned a barber shop in Langley Prairie.
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Brown, Sam
Sam Brown arrived in Langley Prairie in 1928. He established his barber shop - competition with Thomas J. Calow's shop - on the south side of the Old Yale Road, west of the railroad tracks, across from Vancouver Milling and Grain. He hadn't been there long when the fire of May 1928 destroyed his shop. Insurance estimated the damage to be about $2000. The building was rebuilt. Brown remained at this location until 1959. He married Lavinia Brown. The couple lived at 21016 Old Yale Road. He died at 83 in 1970.
Term Source: Warren Sommer's "From Prairie to City:A History of the City of Langley," p. 73-7
Sam Brown's Barber Shop
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