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[[File:Climax Shaving Parlors.png|right|thumb|375px|1884 advertisement for Climax Shaving Parlors]] | [[File:Climax Shaving Parlors.png|right|thumb|375px|1884 advertisement for Climax Shaving Parlors]] | ||
The '''Climax Shaving Parlors''' was a barber shop offering haircuts, shaves and hot and cold baths. | The '''Climax Shaving Parlors''' was a barber shop offering haircuts, shaves and hot and cold baths. The business, owned by African-American barber [[Frank McRee]], was created by merging his former '''Frank McCree's Barber Shop''' with the Climax Shaving Parlor which had been operating in association with [[Solomon Wise]]'s [[Climax Bar]]. | ||
The joined business moved into the newly-built brick building opposite [[Ware & Mudd's]] crockery store on [[2nd Avenue North]], between [[19th Street North|19th]] and [[20th Street North|20th Street]]s. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* advertisement in ''The Iron Age'' (May 1, 1884) | |||
* {{CD-1884}} | * {{CD-1884}} | ||
[[Category:Barber shops]] | [[Category:Barber shops]] | ||
[[Category:2nd Avenue North]] | [[Category:2nd Avenue North]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:23, 21 November 2018
The Climax Shaving Parlors was a barber shop offering haircuts, shaves and hot and cold baths. The business, owned by African-American barber Frank McRee, was created by merging his former Frank McCree's Barber Shop with the Climax Shaving Parlor which had been operating in association with Solomon Wise's Climax Bar.
The joined business moved into the newly-built brick building opposite Ware & Mudd's crockery store on 2nd Avenue North, between 19th and 20th Streets.
References
- advertisement in The Iron Age (May 1, 1884)
- City Directory of Birmingham and Gazetteer of Surrounding Section for 1884-5 (1884) Volume II. Atlanta, Georgia: Interstate Directory Company