Tools of the Trade

ID: 1668 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Waco Tribune-Herald
This file appears in: The Jockey Club Barbershop
Tools of the Trade

These are typical barber’s tools used throughout the late twentieth century. Hairstyles changed with the decades and local barbers used to meet together to discuss business and the latest hair trends in the 1960s. However, with the rise of chain barbershops in Waco, this tradition disappeared.

This file appears in: The Jockey Club Barbershop

By Ellen Wilkerson
In the early part of the twentieth century, the area around Bridge Street on the west side of the Brazos River, known as the square, was home to various bars, restaurants, grocery stores, offices, insurance agencies, and other businesses that were…