[ad_1] The Emil J. Paidar Company has been making barber chairs since the 1900’s. The Chicago-based company is one of two major domestic barber supply manufacturers in the United States during that time period. The other one is Koken Barber’s Supply Company with headquarters in St. Louis Missouri. Paidar provided a bunch of other barber supplies as well, including barber poles, mirror cases, wall fixtures, work cabinets, manicure tables, shoe shining stands and coat racks.As the name suggests, it was founded by Emil J. Paidar. According to records, Emil died on May 7, 1950 due to a car accident. He was supposed to go to his summer home on Little Traverse bay when the incident happened. Mr. Paidar was 74.The company had some interesting barber shop equipment in their catalog. One in particular was its Duo-Hydraulic Barber’s Chair product line which was tagged as « The Chair With The Longer Life. » It…