Early hair dryers in retro photos

The first hair dryers were heavy, barely heated the air and often beat with electric current. Early hair dryers in retro photos

1928
The woman sits under a chrome-plated hairdryer.
Photo: Keystone-France

1928
Photo: Corbis

1948
A woman uses a heat lamp and a hairdryer made of glass.
Photo: Ralph Royle

1930
Photo: Imagno

5 November 1930
A woman is testing a new hair dryer in a London hair salon.
Photo: Popperfoto

1930
A woman demonstrating a hair steamer at an exhibition of hairdressing in London.

September 22, 1932
A woman is testing a hairdryer at an exhibition in London.
Photo: Miller

1933
Hairdresser in Moscow, Russia.
Photo by Emil Strassberg

1937
Hairdresser in Cannes, France.
Photo: Imagno

1935
The beautician applies tubes and pads to the head of the man to heal the client's hair while he reads the newspaper.
Photo: Hulton-Deutsch Collection