Barber’s chair

Object 974.008.001

Barber’s chair

A barber’s chair of wood and metal with hydraulic lift and padded leather seat. It was used at Eugene Laflamme’s barber shop at the Con Mine recreation hall from 1948 to 1959, and then at Woody Woodrow’s barber shop in downtown Yellowknife from 1961 to 1972.

Object Details
Accession No.	974.008.001
Maker	Koken Barber Supply Company, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Culture	Non-Indigenous
Region	North Slave
Location	Yellowknife, Great Slave Lake
Date	c. 1909

Effective Monday, March 16, 2020, the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (PWNHC) will be closed to the public until further notice as a precautionary measure to limit the potential spread of COVID-19 in the Northwest Territories.

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