94-year-old Los Angeles barber can still cut it
Past the iron-mesh security door and the empty, 20-foot-long vinyl waiting bench, Elvie Lewis gives his ancient barber's chair a slap...
Past the iron-mesh security door and the empty, 20-foot-long vinyl waiting bench, Elvie Lewis gives his ancient barber’s chair a slap with a striped towel to dust off the last stray wisps of hair from the customer he has just finished.
With a weary grin, Lewis plops down in the ornate chair and tugs a lever to make it recline. With his head back and his feet up, he closes his eyes.
“It isn’t like it used to be. You couldn’t even sit down, it was so busy. We kept this place full when I was in my prime,” he says…
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