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What's New

02-14-2009

• False Hair: Finally, documentation for average women using false hair. I've been looking for this for years.

01-09-2009

• Arangement of the Hair Updating this article to include the earlier, extended version published in Godey's January, 1859.

  10-01-2007

  • A New Section which provides evidence of professional hair-dressers for women, men, and children.
  • A New Section which includes definitions for measurements and ingredients which may be confusing to the modern reader
  • Many new pomatum recipes, including Elder Flower Pomatum,A Capitol Pomade,Jessamine Pomatum, and many more.
  • Some new oil recipes, including Elder Flower Oil for the Hair, and several others
  • An advertisement listing many types of haircombs
  • More Recipes & Instructions for hair and scalp health, including several new pomatums to prevent baldness and a description of how to "Remove Superfluous Hair"
  • New Articles (and a joke!) including Ladies' Hair from 1853, "Why is a lady's Hair like the latest news?", Newspapers, and several more.
  • and last....A Humorous piece of writing on men's barbers

  07-21-2007

  • Braiding Patterns About 43 patterns taken from the pages of Godey's, 1859-1861, with a few from earlier issues scattered around.

  05-08-2007

  • Image: c. 18?? - Tintype. I picked this little lady up from a Brooklyn sidewalk sale. She's in bad condition, but what a hat! If anyone can help me date it more specifically than "1865-75", let me know.

  04-25-2007

  • Aniline Hair Tint: In mauve!

  04-06-2007

  • Girl With haircombs: A photograph of a girl wearing matching haircombs. Courtesy of Greg McMahon

  03-06-2007

  • Original Haircombs:Photographs, designs, and descriptions
  • "Hirsute Extravagance": The cost of a Hairstyle in 1857
  • Hair Examples Hairstyle from behind c. 1857 and a drawing of Queen Victoria c. 1845
  • A new method of arranging the hair: Chicago Press and Tribune, 1858
  • Advertisement: Men's hair Salon

  This site will be bare bones until I learn HTML a little better. All of the content from the old site is here, along with some new articles and images in the hair section. So until I get chance to fancy this up, enjoy the simplicity! -Alaina

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This site is maintained by Alaina Zulli. Last updated 01/10/2009