Beauty Gadgets And Services From The Past (27 pics)

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A Woman Having A Seam Painted Onto Her Leg, To Make It Appear That She Is Wearing Stockings, 1926

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A Full-Faced Swimming Mask Helped Protect Women’s Skin From The Sun, 1920s

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Faceless Beauty Contest In Cliftonville, 1936

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Rita Perchetti And Gloria Rossi Try Out Their New Portable Bathhouse So They Can Change Their Clothes After Sunbathing On Coney Island Beach, 1938

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"Ironing" Hair, 1964

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Tape Worm Diet, 1900s

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Contestants In The Miss Lovely Eyes Beauty Pageant In Florida Wearing Masks To Obscure The Rest Of Their Faces, 1930

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Max Factor's 1931 Ice Mask

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Before The Invention Of Sun-Screen In The Mid 1940s, Bathers Wore Garments Like This Freckleproof Cape To Protect Themselves From The Sun. The Cape Also Features Built-In Sunglasses

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Woman Tans Using A Suntan Vending Machine, 1949

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A Perm In Germany In 1929

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Customers Have Their Legs Painted At A Store In Croydon, London, 1941

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Portable Hair Dryer, 1940s

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A Policeman Judges An Ankle Competition At Hounslow, London, 1930

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A Traditional Japanese Sign Of Beauty- Black Teeth, 17th – 19th Centuries

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The Bra Claimed To Develop And Strengthen The Bust And Was Designed To Vibrate While The Person Wearing It Was At Work. Brussel, 1971

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Rubber Beauty Masks Used To Get Rid Of Wrinkles In The 1920s

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Wooden Swimsuits, 1929

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Dimple Machine In 1936

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You Have A Beautiful Face But Your Nose?

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A Fruit Mask From The 1930s

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X-Ray Of Female Torso With Corset (Left) And Female Torso Without A Corset (Right), 1908

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Women Who Had Just Given Birth To A Baby Weren't Prohibited To Smoke In The Hospital. 1940s Ad

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Taking Precise Measurements Of A Beautiful Young Woman's Head And Face With A Contraption Like An Instrument Of Torture, 1933

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A Young Woman Holds Her Arms And Legs In Four Water Bathes With Electric Current, To Improve Blood Circulation, Circa 1938