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Not quite a portable hairdryer…
August 15, 2009 by TimHughes 
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So how would you like to pack this hairdryer in the suitcase for a weekend trip? It might have been a great devise in 1900 but I’m sure it didn’t travel well. This ad appeared in the “Ladies’ Home Journal” issue of August, 1900.
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Filed under: The 20th & 21st Centuries, Unusual, Fun & Bizarre
Tagged: 1900, advertising, hair dryer, humor, unusual
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Nice post! Perfect example of the extremes people go through just to be beautiful..