barbers in 1300s Europe were also city gate-keepers because they could recognize diseases
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hair-cutting scissors were considered doctor's tools, although number 8 is just silly
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these 1600s barber tools each had some purpose
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human hair was in demand commercially in 1875 for wigs, belts, necklaces and rings
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human "Hair Chains" from an 1885 catalog ... this seems odd to us now
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silver dollars set into the barbershop marble floor in 1889
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a mustache curler, 1898?
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the "Saratoga" hairstyle ... the hair is parted from front to back
1900 hair styles: "The Curly 1/2 Shingle"
1900
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Adolf Reinheimer
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a child's chair from a 1916 barber supply catalog
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a hydraulic barber chair for children, 1918? see full size
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a 1919 salon hair-dryer likely had an asbestos lining inside, as this
was common practice until the 1960s or 1970s see full size
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a 1919 barber's Violet Ray for the scalp see full size
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1919 barber neck bibs see full size
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1919 barber neck bibs see full size
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a Rea Irvin illustration for The New Yorker, 1937
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a 1942 hair dryer with an ashtray ... many workplaces had ashtrays
until at least the early 1980s
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a 1960s women's hair salon would be an
experience in itself, and that's something you could
say about the whole decade ... if we add to that the
tedium of everyday life, we get the general ambiance
experience in itself, and that's something you could
say about the whole decade ... if we add to that the
tedium of everyday life, we get the general ambiance
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from a 1960 hairdressing salon supply catalog,
a metal space divider with screens & starbursts
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a 1960 metal and glass space divider between us and the past
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