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In this interview with the current owner of Hershey's barber shop Don hershey, we can learn abou…
In this interview with the current owner of Hershey's barber shop Don hershey, we can learn about it's history and even how it got to be the way it is today. Though Don's father only bought it in 1950 after they moved to medina from Grafton, it still has a long history before even then. The building was supposed built in the 1880s, about ten years after the great fire in Medina. From then on it was at different points a butcher shop and a plumming shop, but not even the City has much information about it. But it has at least been a barber shop since 1926, says Don, from what the previous owner, Shorty Goodman, had told him. Don even describes his fathers long working hours to where he and his brother hardly ever saw him, to how in 1933 the State of Ohio said one needed a barber's licence to cut hair, and therefore his father had to go back to school. Don also talks about the changes the shop has been through, not just in it's function, but also in, for example, the switching of the doors from one side of the shop to the other. Don continues about the legacy of teh shop, such as his nine family members all being barbers. Yes that's right. Nine. There's his brother, father, wife, daughter son, cousins, and so on. Even one of his employees who had worked every single day since 1949 left such an impact, he got into Ripley's Believe It Or Not! Regardless of what you say, this interview provides quite a goldmine to teh history of our town.
Hershey's barber shop was not Hershey's barber shop until 1950. So what was it before then?
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built. On aprilApril 14, 1870,
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The earliest knowlegeknowledge of this
"Still a lot of ham in here."
-Don Hershey, referingreferring to the
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... Location: Medina Ohio
Address: 106 West Washington Street
... the first barber barber, …
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Location: Medina Ohio
Address: 106 West Washington Street
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the first barber barber, Clyde C 'Shorty' Gooden owned the shop in 1926. He moved here from another place in medina and later sold his shop to Don Hershey.
Title: Old Barber shop
Date: early 1900s
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... Location: Medina Ohio
Address: 106 West Washington Street
{5-26-11_003.jpg} This picture wa…
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Location: Medina Ohio
Address: 106 West Washington Street
{5-26-11_003.jpg} This picture was probably taken when the first barber
Title: Old Barber shop
Date: Midearly 1900s
Photographer: Unknown
Description: a small Barber shop in its beginnings
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... Location: Medina Ohio
Address: 106 West Washington Street
... cutting past. Don Hershey…
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Location: Medina Ohio
Address: 106 West Washington Street
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cutting past. Don Hershey has owned this shop a long time and he has gained some loyal costumers over the years.
Title: Barber Wheel
Date: 26 May 2011Photographer: Zack McCarthy
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... Title: Old Paint Rendering
Date: Mid 1900 hundredsPainter: UnkownDescription: an old paint re…
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Title: Old Paint Rendering
Date: Mid 1900 hundredsPainter: UnkownDescription: an old paint rendering of Hersheys Barber shop in the 1950sSubjects: Medina square, hersheys barber shop, medina history, paintingLocation: Medina OhioAddress: 106 West Washington Street
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with happy costumers.costumers. This picture shows the old time tradition of going to your local Barber.
Title: A Old Style Haircut
Date: 1950s
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Location: Medina Ohio
Address: 106 West Washington Street
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the buildings richhair cutting past.
Title: Barber Wheel
Date: 26 May 2011Photographer: Zack McCarthy
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... {5-26-11_004.jpg} Hersheys barber shop is still in Medina, standing as a reminder of the 1950s…
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{5-26-11_004.jpg} Hersheys barber shop is still in Medina, standing as a reminder of the 1950s when it was established. The barber shop still keeps its original design and style letting people enjoy its place in Medina square.
Title: Hersheys barber shop frontDate: 26 May 2011Photographer: Zack McCarthyDescription: Hersheys barber shop on a rainy spring daySubjects: Medina square, hersheys barber shop, medina historyLocation: Medina OhioAddress: 106 West Washington Street
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did a very goodnice rendering of
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the business. This painting shows the buildings original color and its rustic style.
Title: Old Paint Rendering
Date: Mid 1900 hundredsPainter: UnkownDescription: an old paint rendering of Hersheys Barber shop in the 1950sSubjects: Medina square, hersheys barber shop, medina history, paintingLocation: Medina OhioAddress: 106 West Washington Street
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Pictures of Hersheys Barber shop (outside)
{5-26-11_004.jpg} Hersheys ... in Medina square.Ti…
Pictures of Hersheys Barber shop (outside)
{5-26-11_004.jpg} Hersheys
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in Medina square.Title:square.
Title: Hersheys barber
{5-26-11_001.jpg} A painter did a very good rendering of Hersheys Barber shop in the earlier years of the business.
Title: Old Paint Rendering
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Address: 106 West Washington Street
{5-26-11_005.jpg} This old fashioned barber wheel draws you in to the buildings rich past.
Title: Barber WheelDate:Wheel
Date: 26 May 2011Photographer: Zack McCarthyDescription:McCarthy
Description: An old
Subjects: Medina square, hersheys barber shop, medina history
Location: Medina Ohio
Address: 106 West Washington Street
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Old Barber shopDate:shop
Date: Mid 1900s
Photographer: Unknown
Description: a small Barber shop in its beginnings
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... Location: Medina Ohio
Address: 106 West Washington Street
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Title: Old Ba…
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Location: Medina Ohio
Address: 106 West Washington Street
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Title: Old Barber shopDate: Mid 1900s
Photographer: Unknown
Description: a small Barber shop in its beginnings
Subjects: Medina square, hersheys barber shop, medina history
Location: Medina Ohio
Address: 106 West Washington Street
