June 1943 American Hairdresser on Behind the Curtain

I just found these Scans from a June 1943 American Hairdresser Magazine on Behind the Curtain . There are a lot of other neat magazine scan...

Don't Panic!

Blimey there's so much to worry about isn't there? Getting skewered on the way to the pub (or more likely coming back), getting so i...

Psyche Knot

(Click on the image for a larger version.) Source: The Hairdo Handbook, 1964, Chapter XVIII: Handling and Styling Long Hair

Figure Eight

(Click on the image for a larger version.) Source: The Hairdo Handbook, 1964, Chapter XVIII: Handling and Styling Long Hair

Cartwheel

(Click on the image for a larger version.) Source: The Hairdo Handbook, 1964, Chapter XVIII: Handling and Styling Long Hair

Cholera’s harsh toll in Zimbabwe serves as health reminder

Thanks to public health practices like sanitation, many diseases from centuries-past are rare in the industrialized world. Take cholera, for...

John Raven-Hill's Coronation

Later on I may be recruiting images for a possible book on motor cars. So, keep it to yourselves for the moment, but in the meantime I feel ...

Dietary Fiber and Mineral Availability

Health authorities tell us to eat more fiber for health, particularly whole grains, fruit and vegetables. Yet the Diet and Reinfarction Tri...

Find The Fault No 1

A recent birthday saw The Youngest Boys give me a box of reproduction puzzle cards from the 1940's called What's Wrong? They know, ...