When Dissatisfied Try Victory Barber Shop - special attention paid to children's hair cutting

  • New York, New York: Victory Barber Shop, 1900
By Frank Guastaferro
New York, New York: Victory Barber Shop, 1900. Good to very good. Some dust soiling.. Printed business card promoting a Manhattan barber shop on 57th street, "Victory Barber Shop", run by "Frank Guastaferro". Services listed on the front include: "Strictly Sanitary Service. Special Attention paid to Children's Hair Cutting. Private Parlor For Ladies Face Massage. Shampooing a Specialty". Measures approx. 3" by 4.5" Includes a poem titled "The Hidden Pearl" on the verso which begins, "Nobody looks at a virtuous girl Only because she is of humble birth When her soul is an oriental pearl Which honor Heaven and earth". It ends with a pitch for the business: "There they are! in Fifty seventh street, Look around for Thirteen Twenty two You will see three barbers on their feet Waiting with smiles and looking for you.

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