One b/w negative showing interior of El Saycor Barber Shop. Business interior shows hairstylists and customers including male and female hairstylists. In foreground, child is seated in barbershop chair and smiling for camera. In background, adult man is seated in barbershop chair and getting a haircut. Group of children laughing in background. City directories, circa 1950’s through 1980’s, show entries for a ‘Mrs. Annie S. Cormier ‘ with an ‘El Saycor Barbershop’.
Client name: Cormier, Mrs. Annie S.
Original Baynard index card reads “Miss Annie S Cormier / no 846 / EL Saycor / Barber Shop”
Additional information from the community on 3/2011: The woman is Annie Cormier, the owner of the barbershop. She had lived just behind the shop. For this time it was not unusual for a woman to own a barbershop and to cut mens hair.
City directory, year 1950, shows listing for: Imperial Avenue / 26th Street intersects / “2605 Cormier A S Mrs barber” City directory, year 1955, shows listing for: Imperial Avenue / 26th Street intersects / “2605 El Saycor Barber Shop / rear Wynn Young BE 4-1167” City directory, year 1955, shows listing for: “El Saycor Barber Shop (Mrs Annie S Cormier) 2605 Imperial av” City directory, year 1960, shows listing for: Imperial Avenue / 26th Street intersects / “2605 El Saycor Barber Shop BE 9-9729” City directory, year 1960, shows listing for: “El Saycor Barber Shop (Mrs Annie S Cormier) 2605 Imperial av” City directory, year 1975, shows listing for: “El Saycor Barber Shop (Mrs Annie S Cormier) 2605 Imperial av” See also: Baynard photo groups NB1451, NB4216
