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150 m Albert McBride—County Poor Farm David McCarter (Nettie)—barber @ 1716 N. 15th—h 1462 Plum James McCarter—barber @ 1518 N. 13th—h 1462 Plum Moses McCarter—barber, James McCarter—r 1462 Plum Viola McCarter—r 1462 Plum By 1927, it had become the family profession and possibly a source of pride. David McCarter began the tradition, having left the family farm in Seymour, Indiana, where he had been born on New Year’s Day in 1870. Like many Indiana farm boys of his generation, David migrated to the nearest big city and learned a trade. By age 57, he had settled into a comfortable daily ritual. 1462 Plum was just two buildings away from his barber shop on the corner of Plum and North 15th. Three adult children were living with him and Nettie. The two sons were trying to follow in daddy’s footsteps, opening up a barber shop within a short walking distance of home. Track these footsteps just a little further and the McCarter family can tell you something about what happened in Terre Haute and in America generally in the following decade. Between 1920 and 1940, Terre Haute’s population would decline by more than 4,000 people. Eldest son James would be one of those who left. Just packed up his scissors one day and moved on. The Great Depression would come down hard on the small self-proprietor businesses so common in Terre Haute during the first years of the twentieth century. In 1927, there were 112 barber shops in Terre Haute. A dozen years later, the number had dropped by 15 percent and would continue to fall. By 1936, Moses had put away his scissors altogether. That year, he reported his job as janitor—skills probably acquired during his time sweeping up hair for his dad and older brother. Moses was 33 years old by then, and still living with his parents. By the beginning of the next decade, Nettie McCarter had died, Moses had married, and James and Viola had long since left town. Nothing for David to do but call for the next customer. By then, he had kept a barber shop for so long, it’s likely he still had a rack of personalized shaving mugs for customers as old as he was. It was a tradition worth continuing if only to invert another mug with news of the latest passing. On January 18, 1942, two weeks after his 72nd birthday, David McCarter remarried. On his courthouse marriage application, he listed his occupation as barber. Standing behind the next chair was his youngest son, Tom, who hadn’t even been cutting hair in 1927. Just a few more years and David could leave the shop in good hands, or at least die believing that Tom would keep the family tradition going. Jean McCormick (Irene)—musician, American Theater—h 728 8th Ave. Yet another member of the band, along with Edgar Herrin and Paul D. Johnson . In 1931, after the double-whammy of the Depression and talkies, he would still survive somehow as a musician in Terre Haute, Indiana. M 151 Edward McGowan Frank McCrocklin—livery stable—208 S. 3rd Fred McFall (Myrtle)—livery stable @ 209–11 S. 3rd—h 1329 S. 8th In 1874, an impressive brick building was constructed on the northwest corner of Fourth and Walnut to house the City Market, where area farmers could sell their produce directly to merchants. Within three years, the City Market had become Terre Haute City Hall. The Farmer’s Market, as it was now known, had relocated to the other side of Wabash Avenue on North 2nd Street and Mulberry. This was a bad break for the stables, farmer’s hotels, and harness makers that had initially located near the Market, but not nearly as bad a break as the arrival of the internal combustion engine. Fifty years later, these two competitors were still in business right across the street from one another. Frank actually lived on site, taking advantage of those wee hours when a farm wagon might be arriving in town. The previous summer, an outdoor produce market sponsored by the Terre Haute Truck and Fruit Growers Association had opened at Third and Walnut Streets near the City Sanitary Market at 121 South 3rd Street. Just like the old days. The hours of 4:00 to 8:00 am open exclusively to grocers and restaurants, followed by business with the general public. Everything there except the horses...

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