Beard and Circuses

Ladies' Journal ca 1888 Dorenwend's Hair Remover

Eureka! You too can escape the sideshow life with help from the amazing Mr. Dorenwend of Toronto – purveyor of the “Eureka” Hair Destroyer.

That is quite a before picture. Isn’t that Ulysses Grant in a fancy dress? What’s he doing up in Canada, anyway!

If I were Mr. Dorenwend’s PR person I would advise him not to use the tag line “A Quick Shave” though, it implies that the Eureka stuff isn’t quite strong enough without a little follow up with a razor.

For more Dorenwend amusement, see Madame Boudoir and friend here.

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6 Responses to Beard and Circuses

  1. eewww doesn’t shaving for us girls make the facial hair grow back faster? I’d rather wax or pluck thanks…

  2. Yikes. This scares me.
    Becky

  3. Now she’s dealt with the facial hair, she really ought to deal with that opium addiction.

    I can’t help thinking that the Hair Destroyer is just rebottled paint stripper.

  4. Very scary indeed!

  5. eeewww…womens had beards on the old days??? I guess freak show in circus must’ve been different back then? hahaha

  6. I had no idea that superfluous hair was such a problem back then. It must have been something in their diet. Maybe the lard.

    It seems that Dorenwend’s was all about hair. Taking yours off…putting someone else’s on. They really cornered the market.

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