The Carved and the Directional Curl

(Click on the images to see larger versions.) Source: American Hairdresser Beauty Shop Compendium 9th Edition.

Planning ahead is important for hurricane preparedness

If you could be any animal, wouldn't it be great to be a bird? You never have to wait in line for the restroom, you know the weather bef...

Sideburns

(Click on the image to enlarge.) Source: Practice and Science of Standard Barbering, ⓒ 1938-1958

Splendor Splendide

Yesterday the Archive had to shuffle along the shelves to allow in six of these beautiful little boxes. Complete with everything but the oil...

The Coronary Heart Disease Epidemic: Possible Culprits Part I

In the last post, I reviewed two studies that suggested heart attacks were rare in the U.K. until the 1920s -1930s. In this post, I'll ...

Pin Curls

(Click on the images to get a better view.) Source: Practice and Science of Standard Barbering, ⓒ 1938-1958

Play it safe outdoors this summer by being prepared

As the weather gets warmer and the days longer, we’re all drawn to the great outdoors. But exposure to the elements can lead to common injur...

Old Walls

I recently went on about the appalling 'W' Wall's Ice Cream identity, but singularly failed to show you how their tin signs once...

The Coronary Heart Disease Epidemic

Few people alive today are old enough to remember the beginning of the coronary heart disease (CHD) epidemic in the 1920s and 1930s, when ph...