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| Title | Four men in front of Rainier Valley Barber Shop, Seattle, 1961 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1961 |
| Caption | The Rainier Valley Barber Shop was the number one barber shop in Columbia City. The four men in the photo worked for proprietor Menzo LaPorte. This photo was probably taken after LaPorte's retirement after cutting hair for five generations of Rainier Valey residents, starting in 1907. The barbers in the photo are, left to right: Pat Masi; Bob Murphy, who worked for him the longest; Tommy Dore; and Bill, last name unknown, who took care of the shoeshine stand. The barber shop occupied five different locations during its 50 years in Columbia City. |
| Notes | Lettering on window reads: Rainier Valley Barber Shop.
1961 Seattle Rainiers baseball schedule is in window.
Handwritten label on image: 1958.
Handwritten on verso: 1958. Pat Masi, Bob Murphy, Tommy Dore, Bill. |
| Subjects | Barbershops--Washington (State)--Seattle
Barbers--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Columbia City (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Rainier Valley Historical Society Photograph Collection |
| Accession Number | 93.001.048 |
| Ordering Information | To order a copy of this photograph, please email Rvhsoffice@aol.com and mention the Accession Number. |
| Repository | Rainier Valley Historical Society, Seattle |
| Repository Collection | Hall-Summers Collection |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
