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13170_sfma_7572_barber2
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1943
B&W

Video of Charles DeZemler’s collection of barber art and antiques with voiceover on barber history. Video opens with shots of various barber shaving bowls from different countries. Then two paintings of women shaving men. A painting of a Chinese barber with his equipment hanging from a pole on his back. Shots of various antique Chinese barber equipment being handled: a small brass basin over a charcoal stove for heating water, a razor and sharpening block, scissors, a wooden barber stool that has drawers for equipment and money, a hanging decoration. Painting of a barber serving as a dentist. Shot of a couple pairs of antique dentist pliers.