My mother's wig making salon in the 1920s

My mother's wig making salon in the 1920s

My mother ​owned a beauty salon and wig making business in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brownsville. ​In this photo of the store, the Yiddish sign in the front says shaytlen gemakht —​ wigs made here. I first saw this photo after my mother died; she’s the woman who’s second from the right. Her name was Edith but everyone called her Etkie. The man at the left is my mother’s brother, Gershon. The woman behind my mother is Gershon’s wife, Frieda, w…