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OBJECT TYPE: PRICE LIST/FRAMED
DATE: 1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1999.0194.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: SEAR'S BARBER SHOP
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER SIGN AND BACKING; WOODEN FRAME HAS PAINTED FINISH; SIGN SECURED WITHIN FRAME USING METAL STRAIGHTPINS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 34.5 cm
Width: 24.7 cm
Height: 2.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Domestic Technology
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: New Brunswick
Period: THIS PRICE LIST EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1970.
Canada: PART OF A COLLECTION OF BARBERING EQUIPMENT ORIGINALLY OWNED AND USED BY DONOR'S FATHER MR. WILLIAM ROY SEAR IN HIS SHOP AT 27 BROAD ST., SUSSEX NB. MR SEAR GRADUATED FROM MOLER BARBER COLLEGE IN MONTREAL IN 1923, AND BEGAN BARBERING THE NEXT YEAR. HE TRAINED SEVERAL BARBERS, AND HIS BROTHER GEORGE NELSON SEAR ALSO A BARBER, OPERATED HIS OWN SHOP IN SUSSEX UNTIL 1991. ROY SEAR DIED IN 1973: HIS SHOP WAS CLOSED, AND HIS BARBER CHAIR (AND POSSIBLY OTHER EQ.) WAS TRANSFERRED TO GEORGE, WHO USED IT UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1991. (SEE SUPP. INFO. 1999.0186)
Function: TO INFORM POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS OF THE PRICES CHARGED FOR GOODS & SERVICES; IN THIS CASE, IN A GROUP OF BARBER SHOPS.
Technical: PRICE LIST GOVERNING OPERATIONS AT FOUR SUSSEX, NB BARBER SHOPS MAY HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE BUSINESSES THEMSELVES, OR POSSIBLY BY THE LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Sign reads as follows: "PRICE SCHEDULE/ EFFECTIVE MAY 1st, 1970/ at the undersigned/ SUSSEX BARBER SHOPS/ Haircuts.... $1.25/ Children (under 12) $1.00/ Shave.... $1.00/ Singe.....50c/ Shampoo....$1.25/ Massage (plain).. $1.50/ Massage (mud pack) $2.00/ Hair Tonic....25c/ Dutchie's Barber Shop/ Sear's Barber Shop/ McFarlane's Barber Shop/ Mark McShane's Barber Shop".
Missing: NONE.
Finish: OFF-WHITE PAPER SING HAS BLACK TEXT. ORNATE WOODEN FRAME HAS GOLD-COLOURED PAINTED FINISH.
Decoration: ELABORATE PATTERNS OF SCROLLS, SHELLS, AND FLORAL MOTIFS APPEAR IN RAISED FORM ON FRAME FRONT.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Sign, 1970, Artifact no. 1999.0194, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1999.0194.001/

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