I wonder if that second picture could be Wyatt Earp. The time period looks about right. Why take a picture of just anybody.
Back in the '50's when greasy ducktails and high pompadours were popular, a teenager with one of those long-hair coiffures walked into a barber shop, and after he was seated, the Barber asked: "Do you want a haircut or should I just change the oil?" Hal
I went to the same barbershop for 17 years until the poor man died. He was a fine barber and charged a reasonable price, but tended to converse excessively, and when talking, ceased to cut hair. A haircut might then take half an hour not counting the waiting time to get into the chair. Clients didn't seem to mind as it got them out of the house and they could hang out with the good ole boys... Out of necessity I now go to a hair cuttery type place where I'm in and out in fifteen minutes, but sadly there's no worldly philosopher presiding..