~ Hygiene for the Worker, by William H. Tolman, Ph.D. and Adelaide Wood Guthrie, 1912

~ Prevue Simplicity Fashions, April 1939
via New Vintage Lady

“You find, as millions of others, that the relaxing chewing helps you forget your petty worries so you are more at ease and therefore more attractive.”

~ Gordon-Moore’s Cosmetic Toothpaste, June 1954
via Grace’s Guide

~ “Ready-Made Ad”, The Liquor Book, by Charles Austin Bates, 1899

“The Germans are the healthiest looking people in the world and you know what beer drinkers they are.”

~ The Colored American, November 12, 1904
via Library of Congress

“The greatest preparation for Straightening the Hair, producing new and healthy growth, by which hair will become straight, losing the kinky appearance.”

~ The Stranger’s Guide; and Complete Hand-Book Through the City of New York, 1865
via internet archive

“They have almost made me beautiful.” - Mrs. Ellen Beard Harman, New York

Note: A Turkish Bath is the Turkish variation on a steam bath, or sauna.

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~ How Good Is Your Taste?, Sanford E. Gerard, 1946
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“If you picked “A” or “Z”, you are entitled to win because 72 per cent use a side part. “A” is much more favored than “Z”. Since most men are right-handed, a right side part would seem logical. But if you check your friends, you will probably find that 60 per cent of all men part their hair on their left. Can you imagine why? Their mothers were mostly right-handed! Catch on? The part was established when Mama faced her little boy and dropped the comb on his left, her right. Left-handed parters had left-handed mothers. Or a strong sense of logic and an adventurous nature! No parts are favored by the very young and a few others totaling 20 per cent. Right-handed men number about 17 per cent and center-parters (mostly over 50) constitute a meager 3 per cent of the total. “Y” is the worst style here. The sides of the head are skinned, motorman style.”

~ Health and Beauty, by John V. Shoemaker, L.L.D., M.D.; 1908

~ Harper’s Weekly, January 1865 
via University of Michigan Libraries

~ Woman’s Home Companion, October 1935
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“Put on your gloves, Mother, your hands look terrible!”

~ The Cornhill Magazine, January 1922

“Don’t trifle with new and untried remedies, but use the preparation which has stood the Test of Time - 120 Years. Use it for your own and your children’s hair and you will find it nourishes, enriches, and restores it more effectually than any other preparation.”

Interesting note: have you ever wondered why old pictures show the chairs and sofas covered in doilies? No? OK, it’s just me….anyway the reason is that Macassar Oil and similar hair “treatments” were greasy and would stain the furniture. It was easier to wash a doily covered in hair oil then it was to get the stain out of the back of the chair, so ladies began covering everything with doilies. Now you know. Don’t you feel better? I know I do.

~ Ace Combs, 1970
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“Because in today’s world, your hair is you.”

~ The Young Gentleman and Lady’s Monitor, and English Teacher’s Assistant: Being a Collection of Select Pieces From our Best Modern Writers; Calculated to eradicate Vulgar Prejudices and Rusticity of Manners; Improve the Understanding; Rectify the Will; Purify the Passions; Direct the Minds of Youth to the Pursuit of proper Objects; and to facilitate their Reading, Writing, and Speaking the English language, with Elegance and Propriety, John Hamilton Moore, 1802.
via University of Pittsburgh, Digital Research Library

~ Photoplay Magazine, April 1924

“Your husband will be either bald or good-looking. It’s largely up to you.”

“The Battle for Bobbed Hair” Photoplay Magazine, June, 1924

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