SOLD: 1913 Barbershop Musician photo - $60

[Roaring20s]

SOLD

The next image for your music room is here!

Play That Barbershop Chord!

I challenge you to find another image like it near its age.

$60 plus shipping. SOLD

The visible image is 9 ⅜” x 7 ⅜”, with matting roughly 13” x 10.5”, matting cracked beyond image.

Faintly written on the back of the photograph is …
W C Agner barber shop
Barber Shop Medford Oregon
… I possibly found him owning a shop with a partner in 1913.

Discovery...

The photographers Elton E. Kunselman & John O. Gerking were partners in 1912 & 1913 only. Their studio was at 128 E. Main in Medford, Oregon.

Medford was a boomtown. In 1913 the population was 10,500. It was the best paved city in the world (for its size). It was a railroad stop and the gateway to Crater Lake National Park.

From the 1912 Jackson County Directory
• William C. Agner was a barber listed as working at H C Workman Barbershop
• Harry C Workman’s Barbershop is at 113 E Main (across the street from Kunselman & Gerking Photographers)
• Other listed employees of Workman are barbers William H. Schulz and Nathan W. Slusser, and bootblacks Edward Henderson and William Shaftner
I found this image of Nathan W. Slusser https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Slusser-235#Biography

From the 1914 Jackson County Directory
• H C Workman is absent from the directory
• Kennedy & Agner paid $100 taxes jointly (Did they take Workman’s shop in 1913?)
• Barbers Noe & Stephenson are now listed as new owners at 113 E. Main

The 1916 Directory has no further mention of Agner, Kennedy, or Workman.

Thanks for looking!
James.

[TinfoilPhono]

That is an amazing photograph! And what great research you've done. A real slice of history.

[fchrisware]

Dear James,

Sold! (If not already thus nabbed!) I will “PM” as well.

With all very warmest, as always,

Chris W.