Summary: | This barber shop and pool room, owned by Lee Gardner and Menzo LaPorte, was located at 4866 Rainier Avenue from 1908 to 1923. The AYP refers to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, which took place on the University of Washington campus in 1909. Signs on building read: AYP Pool Room. Gardner & LaPorte Fine Candies, Cigars and Tobacco. Shave 15 cents. Owl cigar, now 5 cents. Handwritten on verso: 1909. Rainier Valley Barber shop and AYP Pool Room. LaPorte and Gardner are standing beside dog. See accession numbers 93.001.032 and 93.001.049 for additional information.
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