Hair and Hairstyling
Follies of the Madmen #465
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 06, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Cryptozoology, Twentieth Century, Hair and Hairstyling
Shave-O-Mat
Harry Thalheim believed that “a need has existed for a long time for a shaving emporium where people may shave cheaply and rapidly at all hours of the day and night.” So, in 1964 he patented the Shave-O-Mat (US Patent No. 3,120,886). It was a coin-operated shave-yourself establishment, open 24 hours a day.Did this address some kind of market need in the 1960s? Were there men who, in the middle of the night, really wanted to shave but couldn’t?
I'm guessing not, because, as far as I can tell, Thalheim's Shave-O-Mat never opened.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Feb 02, 2020 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, 1960s, Hair and Hairstyling
A woman dressed only in her hair
San Francisco Examiner - Jun 26, 1927
(left) In her birthday suit; (right) fully clothed
Below: Looking a bit like that girl from The Ring movie.
St. Louis Post Dispatch - Apr 24, 1927
The Ring girl, for comparison:
Some more images of Lydia McPherson and her long hair:
(left) at the 1933 Chicago Odditorium, where she was advertised as having "the longest red hair in the world" (via pbs.org); (right) undated photo (via sisterwolf).
Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 15, 2019 -
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Category: 1920s, Hair and Hairstyling
Follies of the Madmen #431
Has this fellow decided to masochistically shame himself by creating this pitchfork doppelganger? Or did the local bad boys construct it and leave it on his lawn, and he is now gazing at it ruefully, realizing the veracity of their taunt? Or thinking, "There, but for the grace of Vitalis, go I."
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Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 03, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, 1950s, Hair and Hairstyling
Bear Grease for Bald Men
Wikipedia says: "Bear's grease was a popular treatment for men with hair loss from at least as early as 1653 until about the First World War." They obviously know nothing about Canadian Kelly Chamandy, who was still peddling the stuff in the 50s.When he finally came home for good at the end of the war, Kelly Chamandy was bald as an egg. Taking the advice of his Cree friends, he began massaging rendered bear fat into his scalp and, lo and behold, his hair began to grow back! The state of his pate, his Syrian peddler heritage, and his wilderness experience gave him a brilliant idea which led to his entrance into an ancient, unconventional, and all-but-forgotten industry: the bear grease market.
Big article on Chamandy here.
1953 Maclean's article here.
BTW, here's some bear fat for you.
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Posted By: Paul - Tue May 28, 2019 -
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Category: Animals, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, North America, Twentieth Century, Hair and Hairstyling, Head
Unicorn Armpit Hair
It's being hailed as the latest beauty trend. All you have to do is dye your pits the colors of the rainbow. Details here.This must somehow be related to the unicorn food phenomenon we posted about back in 2017.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Feb 10, 2019 -
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Category: Fads, Fashion, Hair and Hairstyling
Laetitia Ky’s Hair Sculptures
Not an art form for the follically challenged.More examples at her Instagram page. Also at cnn.com.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 01, 2019 -
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Category: Art, Hair and Hairstyling
Hair Painting
Artist Jarrett Key paints with his hair. When I first saw the story about him in the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, I thought that must mean he had cut some of his hair off and made a brush out of it. But no. He uses his hair as a brush while it's still attached to his head.Key says his inspiration came from his dead grandmother who appeared to him in a dream and said, "Your hair is your strength. Paint with your hair."
Key probably doesn't realize this, but he was actually anticipated in this technique by comedian Pat Paulsen who, back in 1966, before he became famous on the The Smothers Brothers' show, made headlines by claiming to be an artist who used his head as a paintbrush. Paulsen called it 'Cranial Painting.'
Arizona Republic - Mar 6, 1966
Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 03, 2018 -
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Category: Art, Hair and Hairstyling
Women in Tubes
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 12, 2018 -
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Category: Miniature People in Ads, Surrealism, 1960s, Hair and Hairstyling
The Mad Clipper
He briefly terrorized the housewives of Charleston in the Summer of 1969:
Beckley Post-Herald - June 24, 1969
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jun 07, 2018 -
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Category: Crime, 1960s, Hair and Hairstyling
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