Jablonski, Walter
Abstract: "Walter Jablonski, Jr. was born in 1943 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His father was employed as a barber and painting contractor, while his mother worked at a variety of jobs, including a clothing factory, Tupperware sales and at a bank. Mr. Jablonski and his younger brother are the third generation of men in the family to become barbers. Mr. Jablonski attended Milwaukee Public Schools, and received his education in barbering at Milwaukee Area Technical College and West Allis Vocational School in 1962. He worked as an apprentice and journeyman barber at various shops before settling into an applied apprenticeship in Hales Corners, Wisconsin. He was drafted into the Marine Corps, and finished his tour of duty in 1968. At some point before his tour, Mr. Jablonski married his wife Michelle. After his tour of duty, Mr. Jablonski received two associates degrees in marketing and business from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Milwaukee Area Technical College after nine years of attending night classes. In 1970 Mr. Jablonski bought a building in Hales Corners, Wisconsin, and established his own Barber Shop, calling it 'Your Father's Mustache.' He has been in the same location since 1970. The shop is known locally as the unofficial barber museum because of the large amount of antique barbering implements Mr. Jablonski and his wife have collected. Mr. Jablonski's wife is a Milwaukee Public School teacher, and the couple has two sons." — Susan E. Ellingson, 1994

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Interview, 1994
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Transcript, 1994