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Vintage Ad – 1908: Hall’s Hair Renewer

Published on March 17, 2022

Posted in: Beauty

Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer Ad, Cosmopolitan, October 1908, page 218.

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Ad – 1893: Santa Claus Soap

Published on December 16, 2021

Posted in: Beauty, Holidays

Santa Claus Soap ad that appeared on page 11 of the March 17, 1893 issue of the Daily Inter Ocean.

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Ad – 1929: X-Ray Kathoscope Pocket Detector

Published on November 11, 2021

Posted in: Beauty, Invention & Technology, Miscellaneous

1929 advertisement for an x-ray Kathoscope, which implies that one can see through a woman's clothing with this device.

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Ad – 1948: Minipoo Dry Shampoo

Published on August 23, 2021

Posted in: Beauty

Minipoo Dry Shampoo Ad that appeared in RN Magazine in April 1948 on page 16.

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Ad – 1930: Primset Protruding Ears

Published on March 5, 2021

Posted in: Beauty

Primset Protruding Ears Ad, True Detective Mysteries, May 1930, page 85.

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Ad – 1923: Clear-Tone for Pimples

Published on March 5, 2021

Posted in: Beauty

Clear-Tone for Pimples, Popular Mechanics, September 1923, page 138.

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Ad – 1921: Ferond’s Hair Grower

Published on March 5, 2021

Posted in: Beauty

Ferond's Hair Grower Ad, New York Daily News, January 3, 1921, page 3.

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Ad – 1918: Bowlegged Straightleg Garter

Published on March 5, 2021

Posted in: Beauty

Bowlegged Straightleg Garter Ad, Photoplay, September 1918 page 121.

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Ad – 1918: Renulife Violet Ray

Published on March 5, 2021

Posted in: Beauty

Renulife Violet Ray Ad, Electrical Experimenter, June 1918 , page 136.

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Ad – 1909: American Ever-Ready Safety Razor

Published on March 5, 2021

Posted in: Beauty

American Ever-Ready Safety Razor Ad, Railroad Man's Magazine, October 1909, page 212.

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Ad – 1922: Zip Hair Remover

Published on March 5, 2021

Posted in: Beauty

Zip Hair Remover Ad, Screenland, December 1922, page 2.

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Ad – 1923: Dainty-Form Fat Reducing Cream

Published on March 5, 2021

Posted in: Beauty

Dainty-Form Fat Reducing Cream Ad, Screenland, October 1923 10, page 100.

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Ad – 1905: Mennen’s Borated Talcum Toilet Powder

Published on March 5, 2021

Posted in: Beauty

Mennen's Borated Talcum Toilet Powder Ad, Boston Sunday Post Sunday Magazine, August 20, 1905 page 20.

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Ad – 1899: Tinto-Comb Hair Dye

Published on March 5, 2021

Posted in: Beauty

Parisian Tinto-Comb Hair Dye Ad, Black Cat Magazine, December 1899 page XXXIV.

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Ad – 1898: – Hu-Can Hair Tonic

Published on March 5, 2021

Posted in: Beauty

Hu-Can Hair Tonic, Omaha Daily Bee, November 17, 1898, page 24.

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