Sly’s Barber Shop

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Strawberry Mansion: Sly’s Barber Shop Still Sharp

September 28, 2011 0

In the early 1950s, Strawberry Mansion native Henry Sly started doing hair in his mother’s basement near 25th and Gordon streets. Soon after, in 1954, the business got so big that his mother kicked him [continue reading…]