DeLuxe Barbershop Chair 1

Item

Title

DeLuxe Barbershop Chair 1

Description

The first chair of four available at DeLuxe Barbershop. Used by original owner Sterlin M. Holt, Sr. Celebrities such as James Brown, Martin Luther King, Jr., and John Hope Franklin sat in this chair to receive haircuts from Mr. Holt.

Spatial Coverage

Durham, Durham County, North Carolina

Temporal Coverage

20th Century; 1946-present

Contributor

Derrick Green

Creator

Image taken by Lisa R. Withers

Date

November 18, 2020

Keyword(s):

Durham; Black-owned business; barbershop; Jim Crow; Green Book; Sterlin M. Holt, Sr.; Derrick Green

License

This item is under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License)