I had a device as a kid where you placed hair from a brush and rolled it over time into "rats" that acted as the foundation of those rolls. They worked really well and were the same colour as your hair, of course.
Frances Veronical (Aldridge) Jacks was born on February 23, 1883 in Eupora, Webster County, Mississippi USA, and died at age 75 years old on September 2, 1958 in Greenwood, Leflore County. Frances Jacks was buried at Valley Hill Methodist Church Cemetery in Valley Hill, Carroll County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frances Veronical (Aldridge) Jacks.
Hair has been called a woman's "crowning glory" - it's certainly been a mode of expression over the centuries.
In the 1800's, brushing your hair 100 times a day was a popular way to beautify it - but hair was usually washed only once a month. And shampoo wasn't invented until the end of the 1800's. For women, ...