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Museum object · gelatin silver prints

Barbershop

ca. 1945

North Patrick and Pendleton Street, Alexandria, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black and white photograph of a barbershop on North Patrick and Pendleton Street in Alexandria, Virginia. The photograph features three barbers working on clients in the shop. Other clients wait in the background.

Catalog date
ca. 1945
Recorded places
North Patrick and Pendleton Street, Alexandria, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; Barbershops; Beauty salons (Beauty shops); Communities; Hair; Men; Photography

Sources & collection details

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: 2014.276.2.2

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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