Hair and Hairstyling
Henry Budd, the Anti-Mustache Millionaire
English eccentric Henry Budd stipulated in his will that his sons would forfeit their inheritance if they ever grew a mustache. Details from twickenhampark.co.uk:The newspapers reported this in some detail at the time, and it was still worthy of news 20 years later in 1882.
Detail from Budd's will in which he forbids his sons from ever growing mustaches
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jan 09, 2021 -
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Category: Law, Nineteenth Century, Hair and Hairstyling
Hair tonic salesman sues wig company
1941: Carl Hutzmann, hair tonic salesman, sued a wig supplier on account of late delivery of a wig. "Hutzmann said that he had to appear before his prospective customers with a receding hair line, so the wig was of no use to him later."
Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Mar 27, 1941
Posted By: Alex - Thu Dec 03, 2020 -
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Category: Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, 1940s, Hair and Hairstyling
Twenty Minutes of 1960s Hygiene Commercials
If all these products had been properly employed, Americans would have had perfect lives!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 23, 2020 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Hygiene, 1960s, Hair and Hairstyling
Chartreuse
A song even more topical today than it was seventy years ago.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 21, 2020 -
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Category: Music, 1950s, Hair and Hairstyling
Chief Long Hair
The modern-day Vietnamese man named Tran Van Hay reputedly had hair "over 22 feet long."
Other modern record-holders are in the 18-ft range.
But they can't hold a patch to Chief Long Hair of the Crows.
Itchuuwaaóoshbishish/Red Plume (Feather) At The Temple (born ca. 1750, died in 1836) A Mountain Crow leader during fur trade days and signer of the 1825 Friendship Treaty. Traders and trappers called him Long Hair because of his extraordinarily long hair, approximately 25 feet long. At his death, his hair was cut off and maintained by Tribal leaders.
Now because Long Hair lived before photography, there is no visual record of this. However! Supposedly his tresses are part of the exhibit at Chief Plenty Coups State Park in Montana. (Plenty Coups was a descendant of Long Hair.)
Source of quote.
If any WU-vie is passing by the museum, perhaps he or she can confirm!
Here's a photo of another Crow tribe-member named "Curley."
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 30, 2020 -
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Category: Human Marvels, World Records, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Hair and Hairstyling, Native Americans
Danderine Grows Hair
As far as I know, Jeanette Wallace's only claim to fame was appearing in an ad for Danderine Hair-Growing Remedy. The ad ran in numerous magazines and newspapers between 1906 and 1908.She claimed that Danderine made her hair "fairly crawl out of my scalp"... which sounds like it could be the premise for a horror story.
Incidentally, according to Google maps, her address in New York is now occupied by a noodle shop.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 08, 2020 -
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Category: Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, 1900s, Hair and Hairstyling
Fourth of July Hairdos
The Muncie Star Press - July 4, 1963
Lancaster New Era - Jun 28, 1984
Orangeburg Times and Democrat - July 4, 1986
Fort Lauderdale News - July 3, 1971
Helena Independent-Record - Mar 14, 1948
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 04, 2020 -
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Category: Holidays, Hair and Hairstyling
Hair Freezing Contest
Ever since 2011, the Takhini Hot Pools in the Yukon have hosted a Hair Freezing Contest. More details and pics at hairfreezingcontest.com.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 26, 2020 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Hair and Hairstyling
Follies of the Madmen #465
Source.
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
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