Sunday, August 21, 2011

Carl Gulde's Barber School in Indianapolis




Carl Gulde (1898-1954), the youngest child of Eusebius Gulde (1858-1954) and Catherine Leineweber Gulde (1857-1943), operated a barber school for many years in Indianapolis at 472 West Washington Street. He suffered some health problems after returning home from World War I. He had been stationed in Siberia during much of the war. A tall man, he eventually married Henrietta (Rhetta) Gannon in 1931. Unfortunately, none of their children lived into adulthood. Carl and Rhetta moved into the Veteran's home in Lafayette, where he died suddenly in 1954. Some in the family noted that the patriarch, Eusebius died shortly thereafter because of the shock of losing his youngest son.

In the top photo, a group of men pose in front of Gulde's College of Barber Science around 1940. Carl is not pictured here. In the second image, a group of students pose in the school in 1935. Carl is likely one of the tall men standing in the rear and center of the building. In the bottom image Carl Gulde (left) stands next to an unknown person in front of his barber school. He lost his hair prematurely.

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