NO PANES, NO GAINS | East Texas window washer marks 53-year streak of clean glass

The eyes are the windows to the soul, but David Coleman puts his heart and soul into windows for the sake of everyone’s eyes.
“I’m just trying to give people a brighter outlook,” he quips, “let them see who’s looking in. Sometimes that leads to interesting stories.”

David Coleman’s been washing windows for 53 years — he took up the trade as a teenager in Iowa and continued it for decades after moving to Texas and training his family members in the task. (Top) David Coleman spreads a generous amount of suds on a downtown window Dec. 27, making the rounds along with his wife, Joyce, and friend, Bruce Danner, during the local rotation for Coleman Window Service.

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