In February of 1969 Edward Taylor (far left) showed a new electric hair clippers to an unidentified customer in his newly remodeled barber shop. Mr. Taylor opened the Ed Taylor Barber & Beauty Salon at 2151 South K Street (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Way) in Tacoma's Hilltop area in 1965. With "lots of hard work" and help from the Small Business Administration he was able to develop a salon that could accommodate all types and textures of hair. In a News Tribune article published in February of 1972 he was shown working on the hair of Mel Jackson, at that time administrative assistant to Tacoma's city manager.

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Ed Taylor and beauticians Alice Burns (left) and Willie May Harris celebrated the grand opening of the newly remodeled Ed Taylor Barber & Beauty Salon facility in late February of 1969. Both men and women customers could be accommodated at Ed's South 23rd & "K" Street (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Way) shop. Walls appear to be covered with wood panels with matching cabinetry. Photograph ordered by Puget Sound National Bank.

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