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Shaving Collection

Background imageShaving Collection: Chez Auguste on Old Compton Street, Soho

Chez Auguste on Old Compton Street, Soho
Chez Auguste at 38 Old Compton Street, Soho, London; next to Coiffure Internationale, the international shaving saloon and hairdressers; on the end is F Gennari Ltd, wines and provisions. 1947

Background imageShaving Collection: Gillette Razor Advert

Gillette Razor Advert
Begin early... shave yourself - the Gillette Safety Razor lives up to its name

Background imageShaving Collection: Female Barber Shaving

Female Barber Shaving
A female barber with a Marcel wave hairstyle holds down her client as she gives him a close shave, with a cut-throat razor!

Background imageShaving Collection: Woman Shaving Man

Woman Shaving Man
A female barber or barbers assisitant, probably during World War Two, applies shaving soap to a mans face before his shave

Background imageShaving Collection: Electrical Magnet appliances 1929

Electrical Magnet appliances 1929
Products from the Harrods catalogue electrical department, including Magnet, irons, kettles, shaving pot, milk sterilizer, coffee percolator, water boiler, toaster, griller and toaster, towel rail

Background imageShaving Collection: Turkish Barber at Thessaloniki, Greece

Turkish Barber at Thessaloniki, Greece. Date: circa 1907

Background imageShaving Collection: Toilet Services, Real Wedgwood Ware, Plate 50

Toilet Services, Real Wedgwood Ware, Plate 50, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs, soap dishes, and a slop pail far too nice to put slops in. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageShaving Collection: Chinese Barber

Chinese Barber
In a Chinese barbershop, short back and sides is taken literally. circa 1911

Background imageShaving Collection: Curry&rice / Bathing Pool

Curry&rice / Bathing Pool
A bathing pool on a British station

Background imageShaving Collection: Elgin Avenue, West London

Elgin Avenue, West London, looking towards Edgware Road. Date: circa 1910

Background imageShaving Collection: Comic postcard, reasons (or excuses) for not writing Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, reasons (or excuses) for not writing Date: 20th century

Background imageShaving Collection: Currier in apron shaving an animal hide with a knife

Currier in apron shaving an animal hide with a knife
Currier in apron shaving hair from an animal hide with a knife in a tannery. Behind him, leather hides hang drying on the wall, and other animal skins are piled up on a table

Background imageShaving Collection: Victorian scrap, Barber shaving a soldier

Victorian scrap, Barber shaving a soldier. 19th century

Background imageShaving Collection: Golborne Road, North Kensington, SW London

Golborne Road, North Kensington, SW London, with shop premises including Olsons grocers and Golborne haircutters. Date: circa 1905

Background imageShaving Collection: Price's Regina Shaving Stick Advertisement

Price's Regina Shaving Stick Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Price's, promoting the Regina shaving stick, The stick to stick to, the image portrays a father, lovingly holding his young daughter

Background imageShaving Collection: Lever Brothers Advertisement, Shaving Stick

Lever Brothers Advertisement, Shaving Stick
An illustrated advertisement for Lever Brothers Limited, promoting the Lever's Easy Shaving Stick, EASY on the razor, EASY on the chin, EASY on the purse

Background imageShaving Collection: Royal Vinolia Advertisement

Royal Vinolia Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Royal Vinolia, promoting their shaving stick product. The image shows five men, happily sporting their smooth chins. Date: circa 1918

Background imageShaving Collection: Erasmic soap advert

Erasmic soap advert
Advert for peerless Erasmic soap. Mother and baby in embrace advertising the soap. The company also sold shaving kits and vanishing cream. Date: 1925

Background imageShaving Collection: Roman shaving items

Roman shaving items Date: 1925

Background imageShaving Collection: Erasmic shaving kit

Erasmic shaving kit
Erasmic shaving stick advert. The soap advertised to use when shaving, which would cause minimal irritation. Date: 1925

Background imageShaving Collection: Interior of a Turkish Barber's Shop

Interior of a Turkish Barber's Shop Date: 1854

Background imageShaving Collection: Indasia Advertisement

Indasia Advertisement
Advertisement for Indasia Eastern Perfume. The subtle fragrance of the East is harmonised in INDASIA Eastern Perfume

Background imageShaving Collection: A Young Shaver by William Henry Hunt

A Young Shaver by William Henry Hunt Date: 19th century

Background imageShaving Collection: The New Shaving-Machine (suggested by a recent invention)

The New Shaving-Machine (suggested by a recent invention)

Background imageShaving Collection: Comic postcard, Father of twins shaving

Comic postcard, Father of twins shaving Date: 20th century

Background imageShaving Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Looking for news of you

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Looking for news of you
The Caption is Looking for news of you. The card is from a young girl to her parents and was sent under cover with gifts

Background imageShaving Collection: WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Chin-Chin

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Chin-Chin
The caption on the card is Chin-Chin! The expression has shades of meaning. Probably here it means Well done, perhaps on a successful first shave. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: circa 1945

Background imageShaving Collection: Man in his sick bed surrounded by doting wife, children

Man in his sick bed surrounded by doting wife, children, and maids. Miseries of Human Life

Background imageShaving Collection: Johnny in the West Indies pursued by a black squadron

Johnny in the West Indies pursued by a black squadron
English Navy officer fleeing from an angry Massa planter and Quashee enslaved men barndishing cudgels in Jamaica. Captain Newcome waves his bicorn at a rowboat in the bay

Background imageShaving Collection: Currier shaving animal hides with a knife to make leather

Currier shaving animal hides with a knife to make leather for shoes, boots, saddles, bookbindings, etc

Background imageShaving Collection: Humours of West Indian Life, At the Barber s

Humours of West Indian Life, At the Barber s. 1892

Background imageShaving Collection: Saharan barber and client, Algeria, North Africa

Saharan barber and client, Algeria, North Africa
Saharan barber attending to a client in the street, Algeria, North Africa. Date: 1922

Background imageShaving Collection: Travel by Midland for comfort advert, 1922

Travel by Midland for comfort advert, 1922
Going north for the holidays? Travel by Midland for comfort. Advert in The Bystander, 2nd August 1922, also with ads for Colgates shaving stick and Debenham & Freebody. Date: 1922

Background imageShaving Collection: Advert for Homocea 1897

Advert for Homocea 1897
Homocea brand, with toilet soap, embrocation and nursery powder, to help with the cure of oyclists, athletes, pedestrians, soreness, cures tired, swollen feet and rheumatism. Date: 1897

Background imageShaving Collection: Hong Kong - Itinerant Chinese Barber in the Street

Hong Kong - Itinerant Chinese Barber in the Street - offering a variety of services including shaving the head, back massage and scraping the eyelids! 1908

Background imageShaving Collection: Advert for Clarks grasshopper clippers 1908

Advert for Clarks grasshopper clippers 1908
Horse Clarks two-handed grasshopper clippers. Date: 1908

Background imageShaving Collection: Village carpenter 1855

Village carpenter 1855
Interior of a workshop with a village carpenter using a wooden smoothing plane. Date: 1855

Background imageShaving Collection: SHAVING OLD & NEW C1830 SHAVING OLD & NEW C1830

SHAVING OLD & NEW C1830 SHAVING OLD & NEW C1830
The old way and the new way of shaving: take your pick! Date: circa 1830

Background imageShaving Collection: Closed on Sundays 1855

Closed on Sundays 1855
Barber giving a wet shave, with a sign on the wall saying This shop now closed on Sunday. Date: 1855

Background imageShaving Collection: RACIAL / SRI LANKA / BARBER

RACIAL / SRI LANKA / BARBER
A Tamil barber shaves a customers head Date: 1893

Background imageShaving Collection: LIVERPOOL / LITTLE SHOP

LIVERPOOL / LITTLE SHOP
Liverpool: the Little Shop, Mount Pleasant Date: 1907

Background imageShaving Collection: A barber prepares a client for a shave in Kowloon, Hong Kong

A barber prepares a client for a shave in Kowloon, Hong Kong
A barber prepares a client for a shave in the Walled City of Kowloon, Hong Kong Date: 1984

Background imageShaving Collection: A barber shaves a customer in barbershop in Djerba, Tunisia

A barber shaves a customer in barbershop in Djerba, Tunisia
A barber shaves a customer in his barbershop in Djerba, Tunisia. The customers face is lathered and the shop is open to the street. Date: 1987

Background imageShaving Collection: Shaving the Master

Shaving the Master
The Edwardian butler (Mr. Edgar), in his role as valet, gives the Master of the house (Sir John Olliff-Cooper) his morning shave, using a cut- throat razor. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Background imageShaving Collection: An old man in Tbilisi (Tiflis) Georgia having a shave

An old man in Tbilisi (Tiflis) Georgia having a shave

Background imageShaving Collection: Native Carpenters - India

Native Carpenters - India - using rules, planes and chisels. Date: circa 1903

Background imageShaving Collection: Page from catalogue of Safety razors 1929

Page from catalogue of Safety razors 1929
Safety razors, razor strop, stropping machine and assorted scissors set. Products available from the Harrods catalogue cutlery department. Date: 1929

Background imageShaving Collection: Trade catalogue of mens shaving equipment 1911

Trade catalogue of mens shaving equipment 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a page selection of shaving equipment. 1911

Background imageShaving Collection: Cartoon, Replacing those who are at the Front, WW1

Cartoon, Replacing those who are at the Front, WW1
Cartoon, Replacing those who are at the Front, showing French women taking on mens jobs during the First World War: shaving a man in a barbers shop, punching a travel ticket, selling newspapers

Background imageShaving Collection: Advert for Thermos flasks WW1

Advert for Thermos flasks WW1
Jolly advertisement for Thermos Flasks, an essential accessory to deal with trench life during the First World War

Background imageShaving Collection: McClintons Shaving Soap advertisement, WW1 soldier

McClintons Shaving Soap advertisement, WW1 soldier
Advertisement for McClintons Shaving Soap and Cream from the First World War period

Background imageShaving Collection: Prometheus shaving lamp - WWI

Prometheus shaving lamp - WWI
Prometheus shaving lamp - manufactured by W. H. Williams Patent. Officers Private Purchase - shaving brush set with brush in the top section and the base as a primus type fitting for heating water

Background imageShaving Collection: Advert for Gillette razor combination set 1915

Advert for Gillette razor combination set 1915
Get it today. How much better the choice of christmas gifts is than it used to be

Background imageShaving Collection: Plantol Soap

Plantol Soap
Humorous advertisement for Plantol Soap, manufactured by Lever Brothers Limited of Port Sunlight, England

Background imageShaving Collection: Advertisement for Remington shaver

Advertisement for Remington shaver -- male and female models (Sandra Paul and Derek Ufton). 1959

Background imageShaving Collection: Hausa Barber, Nigerian

Hausa Barber, Nigerian - fringe benefits... Date: circa 1930s

Background imageShaving Collection: Tunis, Tunisia - A Local Barber

Tunis, Tunisia - A Local Barber Date: circa 1903

Background imageShaving Collection: Moorish Barber - Algeria

Moorish Barber - Algeria
A Moorish Barber in Algeria giving his client a rather severe short back and sides in the street outside his house

Background imageShaving Collection: A barber sharpens his razors - Adana, Turkey

A barber sharpens his razors - Adana, Turkey
A barber sharpens his razors on a grindstone turned by his young assistant - Adana, Turkey

Background imageShaving Collection: British soldiers queuing for a shave 1914

British soldiers queuing for a shave 1914
Britsih soldiers lining up in the cold for a shave from the field barber. Date: 1914

Background imageShaving Collection: Victorian Scrap - Naval Barber

Victorian Scrap - Naval Barber. late 19th century

Background imageShaving Collection: Advert for Dickins & Jones soldiers & sailors comforts 1914

Advert for Dickins & Jones soldiers & sailors comforts 1914
Selection of Christmas gifts for soldiers and sailors. 1914

Background imageShaving Collection: Barbers Shop in the street in Egypt

Barbers Shop in the street in Egypt
Customer at a barbers shop in a street corner in Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageShaving Collection: Page from catalogue of safety razors

Page from catalogue of safety razors
Page of safety razors for sale Harrods catalogue (1911 - 1912), Cutlery Department. Included on this page are various safety razors and stropping machines. Date: 1911

Background imageShaving Collection: Page from catalogue of nickel toilet mirrors

Page from catalogue of nickel toilet mirrors
Page of nickel toilet mirrors from Harrods catalogue (1911 - 1912), Brushes and Turnery Department. Also included on this page are nickel shaving sets. Date: 1911

Background imageShaving Collection: Haircutting and shaving shop

Haircutting and shaving shop, the barber standing outside and a customer just visible through the doorway. They also do shampooing and singeing. Unknown location in Britain. Date: C.1910

Background imageShaving Collection: Greetings card in the shape of a razor

Greetings card in the shape of a razor. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageShaving Collection: Poster, Gillette Blades

Poster, Gillette Blades. circa 1930s

Background imageShaving Collection: The Single Life - Living on his punt

The Single Life - Living on his punt
The Single Life - A young gent living alone on his punt Date: 1907

Background imageShaving Collection: Mobile Chinese Street Barber at work

Mobile Chinese Street Barber at work. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageShaving Collection: Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 57

Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 57, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageShaving Collection: Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 56

Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 56, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageShaving Collection: Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 55

Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 55, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageShaving Collection: Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 54

Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 54, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageShaving Collection: China Toilet Services, Plate 53

China Toilet Services, Plate 53, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageShaving Collection: Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 51

Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 51, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageShaving Collection: Toilet Services, Best English Stoneware, Plate 52

Toilet Services, Best English Stoneware, Plate 52, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageShaving Collection: Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 49

Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 49, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageShaving Collection: Best English Toilet Services, Plate 47

Best English Toilet Services, Plate 47, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageShaving Collection: Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 46

Toilet Services, English Stoneware, Plate 46, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs and soap dishes. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageShaving Collection: Snap Playing Card - Man shaving

Snap Playing Card - Man shaving and cutting his chin. circa 1910s

Background imageShaving Collection: Silhouette - Shaving at the Barbers

Silhouette - Shaving at the Barbers. circa 1830

Background imageShaving Collection: Music cover, I Was Shaving Myself at the Time

Music cover, I Was Shaving Myself at the Time, written and composed by Fred Hastings, sung by Bernard Russell. circa 1890s

Background imageShaving Collection: Barbers salon in New York, USA

Barbers salon in New York, USA. mid-19th century



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