"11.
The Barber" showing a street barber in India, sepia-tone postcard from
Art Union in Calcutta, paper yellowing with age, 2 tiny tears close well,
very late usage at Swanton Nebraska, corner & edge wear includes a small
crease. $5.00 bi"123. A TURKISH BARBER
SHOP / CONSTANTINOPLE, TURKEY" color post card, circa 1918, minor edge wear, unused. $4.00
&

"15. -- Kabylie -- Barbier en plein air" in Northern Algeria,
postcard, unused.
$8.00 ba

"47251 Tanger - Coiffeur arabe" showing
a barber at work under a tent, color postcard with undivided back, unused,
toning along edges on both sides (mostly at the edges). $8.50
(bta)

"59
KAIROUAN -- Souk des Coiffeurs. -- LL." black & white carte postale with green
back, unused & full of life (the area for barbers &
hairdressers), toning along back edges. $7.50 tb
"61. LES PRISONNIERS ALLEMANDS EN FORĘT -- Aprčs la Barbe, la Toilette
au ruisseau" showing German prisoners, guarded by the French in a forest,
freshening up after receiving a haircut; black & white carte postale with
green back, toning near back edges, faint corner crease, trivial rounding at
3 corners. Most unusual subject matter; presumably a propaganda piece to
assure the world such soldiers were being well-treated.
$19.00 bwpm

"9.--Petits Métiers-- Perruquier Chinois. Little crafts.-- Chinese
hairdresser." unused circa-1915
carte postale from Collection Liou-Seu, unused, corner & edge wear, heavily toned back. $15.00
cb

"A CHINESE STREET BARBER, PEKING." unused white-border era
published by Camera Craft in Peking, made in USA, spot of light toning on back, light
toning near one front corner. $11.00 cb

"A Roadside Barber, Calcutta" action in India, also including a folded umbrella
prominently, black & white, unused. $5.00 biu
"a TIM BURTON film /
Sweeney Todd / THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET" unused continental post
card publicizing the 2007 film from DreamWorks LLC & Warner Brothers
Entertainment, suggesting it as a Christmas gift, near mint condition.
Nominated for 3 Oscars, including a win for Art Direction. $1.75 mb
"BARBER
IN THE STREET, SHANGHAI." with a young boy washing his customer's hair,
other customers waiting; circa 1915 postcard, unused, published by Young
Photo Company there, printed in Germany, minor wear at
one back corner. $19.00 cb

"CHINESE BARBERS" postcard, circa-1915, unused, corner wear & rounding, very lightly toned back. $18.00 cb
"Coiffeurs turcs. Constantinople" also with Arabic
writing, unused post card,
lightly toned back, corner wear & rounding, heavy
album marks on front. Sold but still available for scholarly
study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced
200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 bt
"Collection
- M. T. / 18 Madagascar -- Tananarive. Femme se Coiffant." showing a
woman styling her friend's hair; unused phototyped
carte postale from Guende in Marseille, rounded corners, spotty toning on
back. Rare: no other offers, no recorded sales & no exhibits when we
searched the Internet. $9.00 mb
"Columbus, O., Nov 188(5) /
Your valued favor of 10 inst., containing ... / ... / EXCLUSIVE
MANUFACTURERS / OF THEIR Genuine Hair Chemicals. // WRIGHT BROS. & CO."
filled form with red printing on government postal card mailed there NOV
1885. $6.50 bo(c)

"Company Barber" numbered 1361--7 on back, obviously World War I vintage,
unused postcard printed in the USA,
corner & edge wear. $25.00 (bwm(a))
"DJIBOUTI -- Le coin du coiffeur" with barber in
action on the street corner, black & white postcard, cliché G. B.,
one serrated edge (from booklet), unused, soft corners, very
light toning on back.
$14.00

"Fancy Hair-cutter" signed art showing a bike & a boy getting his haircut
outside in Pakistan, mailed to the United States in 1958, stamp removed,
internal crease in caption area. $2.00 pb
"GREETINGS / FROM: / ERNIE CONRAD'S / BARBER SHOP / AND EVELYN /
/ Sunbury, Pa."
wooden postcard whose back advertises the collecting interests of the proprietor, dated
1981 Holiday season on the back, near mint. $7.50 bpwg
"high / lights
/ only / $19 / includes / BURRING
/ TIE DYE / 7-FOIL" Master Cuts advertising card, 2002
date stamped on back, otherwise very fresh. $1.25 b
"HIGH STREET, BELFAST, MAINE." black & white
postcard. Many readable signs
include Coca Cola & barber shop. Sold but still available for scholarly
study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in
.jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (mcb)
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"Karachi--Barber" unique printer's proof for a real photo postcard (good
contrast & focus) that would eventually be entitled 'Karachi--Street Barber' (change
noted on back), cropping lines on front to delimit the image ultimately shown, main image
cut out & put on a grayish background to obscure unwanted clutter in the
original
shot. Obviously unique & exceptionally interesting. $13.00 pb
"KING'S ARMS BARBER SHOP, Williamsburg
Virginia
" unused chrome, pertinent information on back, interesting. $1.25 (vb)
"LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE /
San Antonio, Texas / (Upper) Newly arrived Air Force trainees march / to
barbershop ... / ... " (Below) After leaving barbershop 'skinheads' / read
instruction booklets." multiview postcard mailed there 1983 by David to his
grandparents Mr & Mrs James Chase in Mayfield Ohio. $3.75 bg(c)t(l)m
"MAIN
/ BARBER SHOP/…/Groveport, Ohio” matchbook cover
showing barber pole and hair-cutting tools, striker stain front and back
does not detract, matches carefully removed. $1.00
o(g)b

"Main Street, East from Columbus Street
, / Lancaster,
Ohio." With barber's pole in foreground, color, circa 1915, unused & fairly fresh.
$6.00 (bmo)
"MARCH 14-20 ONE WEEK ONLY / CUSTOMER APPRECIATION
/
DAYS" unused continental postcard with a discount offer for Regis Salons. Gorgeous
hairstyling on model; copyrighted, near mint. (2 available) $1.50 each b

"MasterCuts / 20% off / Any color Service / with your next haircut" unused
circa-2005 continental postcard in excellent condition, back mentions their
website too. $1.00 ba
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webpage as a Favorite now
"Mohamed had his hair cut on this / spot. So does this
pilgrim" presumably a Saudi Arabian scene, well done home-made (and, hence, unique)
postcard mailed 1962 in the United States. $2.00
"N3CBG" QSL card mailed
1985 by operator Michael Tarant with Doylestown Barber Shop in his return
address, stamp side sports a Scoiety of Wireless Pioneers logo in black & a
handstamp promoting Jehovah Witnesses Bible studies. $2.00 p(w)b

"NAVAL REVIEW / ONE OF THE CLOSE SHAVES OF A SAILOR'S
LIFE" with 2 views, color post card, circa
World War I, unused, rubber band mark on back,
noticeable spots of
toning on both front side
borders, mild corner & edge wear. $5.00 (bm)

"'Next' Barbering in the Cow Camp M115"
postcard mailed 1909 (Rapid City South Dakota
flag cancel), cancel ink on front, one badly creased corner. $15.00
(bc)

"No hot towels / here" unused black & white
post card published by
the Chicago Daily News, obviously World War I vintage,
small corner bend, minor wear at another corner. $5.00
(bw)
"POST OFFICE. NEW PARIS,
IND." with many crowded outside, including 2 delivery wagons (one for RFD
#3), sepia-tone real photo post card mailed there SEP 12 1911. The building itself was built in 1902 to
house a drugstore (left) next to the MM Barber Shop (right), as we can see
from the stonework overhead. Sold but front
side still available for scholarly
study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced
200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 i(n)ppb-ri
"RAGAZZE
D'AMERICA" (Girls of America in Italian) 1937 calendari da barbiere
(pocket-size booklet-style barbershop calendar) complete with ribbon
placeholder. Cover (shown left) depicts burlesque dancers & beauty pageant
contestants (Miss California, Miss Arizona & Miss Florida). Inside starts
with a nude & female tennis player; then January to March opposite a cowgirl
riding a black
stallion;
center is April through September; bathing beauties opposite October through
December (shown below left); ending with maid helping wealthy lady in formal
attire opposite another nude with handstamp 'MADE IN ITALY' above her. Now
rare; most were discarded when their usefulness was up. To the best of our
knowledge we are the only ones offering this one. $25.00 cbi
"Ruckerinnerung schoner Tage! / I. Bei der Toilette (Original-Aufnahme)"
showing German military barbers at work, postcard mailed
from Germany to New York circa 1903, one corner badly creased, other
edge wear. Original printing
sold for the benefit of orphans. $20.00 bgm

"SIXTH STREET, LOOKING WEST, EAST
LIVERPOOL, OHIO" with a barber shop & billiards parlor & the Columbia shown,
mailed 1923, corner wear & rounding. $4.00 obb
"Street Scene
/ Ft.
Atkinson Ia." including several horse-drawn vehicles near the storefront of F. C.
Smith & the HAIR SALON further down, real photo postcard with good focus, circa 1913, unused, light album marks
at the corners, light spots of
fingerprint toning in front
sky, slight oxidation. Sold but front
side still available for scholarly
study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced
200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00
ibgh
Uncaptioned sepia-tone real photo post card showing British Columbia
Electric Railway (BCER) observation car 123 partially loaded with tourists,
in front of George S. Russell's Shaving Parlors (also offering hot & cold
baths) with a sign advertising a matinee at the Grand Theatre, and the My
Wardrobe clothes-cleaning shop; mailed there 1910, small upper corner
crease. Seldom seen.
$20.00 b(v)burg
"Village barber and customer, tribal area of / the Northwest Frontier of Pakistan
between / Peshawar and Kohat." chrome postcard. Sold but still available for scholarly
study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in
.jpg or .tif format. $1.50 pb-ap
Wanted to buy--older postcards featuring men's shaving
products. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros, postpaid to
Columbus Ohio! *c
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