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During the golden age of barbershops from the 1880s to the 1940s, the nicer barbershops tried to dazzle their patrons with luxury like mug cabinets, marble counters, carved barber chairs, artwork and mirrors. Later they stressed cleanliness and being modern with chrome, glass and porcelain. The earliest known barber in 1850 was a black man named Nathan Brinson. Before 1900 the most popular barbers in Greenville were three black men: Henry Edmonds, his son Herbert Edmonds, and Alfred Cully. Other early barbers included: James A. Smith, Robert G. Hodges, Ben Willoughby, John P. Norcott, Edmond Tillery, Alex B. Pender, Henry Moye, Julius Fleming and Jimmy Hopkins. Alfred Culley invented and marketed Culley's Preparation, the best known cure for baldness.