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:''This article is about the downtown Birmingham barber shop. For the current Bessemer barber shop, see [[Red's OK Barber Shop]].'' | |||
[[Image:OK Barber Shop 1906.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Interior of the O. K. Barber Shop from a 1906 advertisement]] | [[Image:OK Barber Shop 1906.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Interior of the O. K. Barber Shop from a 1906 advertisement]] | ||
The '''O. K. Barber Shop''' was a 2,700 square foot barber shop with 20 chairs located at 217 [[20th Street North]]. It was operated in the early 1900s by [[Picard & Eckert]], who also owned the [[Woodward Barber Shop]] two blocks south. | The '''O. K. Barber Shop''' was a 2,700 square foot barber shop with 20 chairs located at 217 [[20th Street North]]. It was operated in the early 1900s by [[Picard & Eckert]], who also owned the [[Woodward Barber Shop]] two blocks south. | ||
Revision as of 17:04, 24 August 2014
- This article is about the downtown Birmingham barber shop. For the current Bessemer barber shop, see Red's OK Barber Shop.
The O. K. Barber Shop was a 2,700 square foot barber shop with 20 chairs located at 217 20th Street North. It was operated in the early 1900s by Picard & Eckert, who also owned the Woodward Barber Shop two blocks south.
The O. K. Barber shop billed itself as the "third largest shop in the world" and employed "twenty skilled white barbers" as well as seven boot blacks. The shop was ventilated with powerful exhaust fans and offered six tub baths and three shower baths to customers.