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Four Unidentified Women

from George Eastman Museum

• 2 older comments, and then…
• Karin said:

  Beautiful !

• Miss History said:

  Very fashionable group here!

• marcymassura1 said:

  Okay ladies. No electric curling irons, no blowdryers, no hair spray or hair products. They had BOBBY PINS. Just Bobby pins...and look how well they did. And can you imagine how much time these hairstyles took??? Amazing.

• high weather said:

  I beg to differ Marcy. While I am not an era aficionado, I do believe they used a flat iron that they heated on the stove tops. Similar, if not the same, as the ones they used for their clothing. But... I could be wrong. And I do believe that they had 'stuff' they used to put in their hair, especially for occasions like this to keep the hold. If they could identify every leaf on the ground and know its healing properties then I am sure they knew what to stick under their armpits to 'relieve' everyone and what to boil into a dippity-do consistency to make their hair do ... I want to say odd things, but if they had ever seen some of the do's since their generation, they'd need vapors. But these are just MHO. :=))

• Miss History said:

  they definitely didn't have the modern conveniences we have today, but Shell-Shocked & Numb is right- they did have curling irons, except they were the type you'd have to set in the coals to heat. There are three at an antique store I frequent and I really want to buy one... how old are bobby pins anyway? does anyone know?