Hairdresser Collection

Vidal Sassoon (1928-2012), British hairdresser, renowned for created the sharp, geometric wedge cuts during the 1960s. Date: 1966

Man prepares his hair ready for his wedding day - Djibouti, East Africa. Date: 1908

Dressing Fante Ladys hair - Sekondi, Gold Coast, Africa
Dressing a Fanti (Fante) Ladys hair - Sekondi, Gold Coast, West Africa (modern Ghana). Date: circa 1910s

BARBER SHOP, 1920. American barber shop

Hairdressing Salon, Paddington Station, c. 1904
This hairdressing salon was situated below Platform 1 at Paddington Station. By the rows of bottles, presumably shampoo and aftershave, this was probably the male salon or barbers

A typical working day in the Nuthouse hairdressing salon in the Royal Arcade, Cardiff - 22nd Sept 1976

Mr. Johns deluxe hairdresser where if you want you can have a three course meal while you are under the hair dryer. 1965

England, Cumbria, Keswick, Barbers pole, barbers shop sign

Jalan Kesawan, Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
Jalan Kesawan (street) in Medan, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), Date: circa 1920s

Teahouse girl and servant: Snow... late 18th century. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Teahouse girl and servant: Snow from the series Comparison of Snow, Moon and Flower Beauty, late 18th century

G F Trumper, Mayfair, London, England, Uk

Gwendoline Dyer hair salon, offering permanent waving. Date: circa 1920s

View of the entrance to Charles of the Ritz beauty salon in the Ritz Tower Hotel
MNY381165 View of the entrance to Charles of the Ritz beauty salon in the Ritz Tower Hotel, Park Avenue and 57th Street, New York

The Barber of Suez, (oil on canvas)
989488 The Barber of Suez, (oil on canvas) by Bonnat, Leon Joseph Florentin (1833-1922); 80x58.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Barber of Suez. Leon Bonnat (1833-1922). Oil on canvas

Barbiere
Stefan Nielsen

China - A Chinese Barber, preparing a long pigtail
China - A Chinese Barber, preparing a traditional long pigtail Date: circa 1910s

Skinhead girls get a haircut. 1972

Vidal Sassoon Salon, Bond Street, London, Tuesday 13th August 1963

Actress Joanna Lumley judging a Purdey haircut lookalike contest with hairdresser John Frieda. March 1977

Bette St. John, wife of Liverpool FCs and Scotlands centre forward Ian St. John, opens a new hairdressing salon in Walton, Liverpool. 22nd March 1966

Barber shop, Scunthorpe
A traditional gents barber trims a customer while another one waits his turn in a barbers shop, Scunthorope, Lincolnshire. First published in The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Louis Armstrong having haircut in Hammersmith, London, 1962. Creator: Brian Foskett
Louis Armstrong having haircut in Hammersmith, London, 1962

Sanitation in London
5307626 Sanitation in London.; (add.info.: Cartoon commenting on the concerns surrounding sanitation in London. Illustrated by Charles Keene (1823-1891) an English artist and illustrator

Cartoon depicting a well equipped barbers, 19th century
5308838 Cartoon depicting a well equipped barbers, 19th century; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a well equipped barbers. Dated 19th century 01/02/1870); Universal History Archive/UIG

Franziska Feifalik nee Rosler, Rossler or Angerer, known as Fanny, (28 January 1842 - 5 April 1911) (photo)
8684443 Franziska Feifalik nee Rosler, Rossler or Angerer, known as Fanny, (28 January 1842 - 5 April 1911) (photo) by Unknown photographer

The Boarding-School Hair-Dresser, 1786. 1909 (print)
1000962 The Boarding-School Hair-Dresser, 1786. 1909 (print); Private Collection; (add.info.: From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs, published 1909.)

Engine-driver, Farmer, Gardener, Hairdresser (colour litho)
8634741 Engine-driver, Farmer, Gardener, Hairdresser (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Engine-driver, Farmer, Gardener, Hairdresser)

"I barbered him and made him spruce" (engraving)
8652572 "I barbered him and made him spruce" (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Roman Empire: Roman woman dressed and styled by servants. Colourful engraving of the 19th century
NWI4860161 Roman Empire: Roman woman dressed and styled by servants. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Roman Empire: Roman woman dressed and styled by servants)

A law clerk has his wig powdered by a hairdresser in a garret. He protect his face with a conical mask
FLO4657082 A law clerk has his wig powdered by a hairdresser in a garret. He protect his face with a conical mask and holds a sheet over his shoulders

Letter O: haircut. Engraving of "The soldier's alphabet". E.R. Stop!, publisher, Paris, circa 1916
DUV4209441 Letter O: haircut. Engraving of "The soldier's alphabet". E.R. Stop!, publisher, Paris, circa 1916

A woman is pampered by her seamstress, her clothes seller, her hairdresser and two chambermaids
FLO4677735 A woman is pampered by her seamstress, her clothes seller, her hairdresser and two chambermaids. As Montesquieu said, " For one man to live deliciously

A woman sitting in front of her mirror, while her hairdresser arranges her wig with a comb
FLO4565854 A woman sitting in front of her mirror, while her hairdresser arranges her wig with a comb and makes her face make-up - Eau forte by Francis Eginton (1737-1805)

Monkey Bertrand the hairdresser. " Beware barber, you burn my ears! " told him the dog being curled in iron
DUV4222420 Monkey Bertrand the hairdresser. " Beware barber, you burn my ears! " told him the dog being curled in iron, c.1830 (engraving); 16x12 cm; (add.info.: Alphabet fun. J)

Caricature of macaroni fashions of the late 18th century, man in high wig looking at a reflection in a mirror
FLO4717964 Caricature of macaroni fashions of the late 18th century, man in high wig looking at a reflection in a mirror, while a fawning barber trims a wig

Beauty Salon: Young woman in a hair salon in Paris, years 1890. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4869693 Beauty Salon: Young woman in a hair salon in Paris, years 1890. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Beauty Salon: Young woman in a hair salon in Paris, years 1890)

Franziska Feifalik nee Rosler, Rossler or Angerer, known as Fanny, (28 January 1842 - 5 April 1911) (photo)
8684444 Franziska Feifalik nee Rosler, Rossler or Angerer, known as Fanny, (28 January 1842 - 5 April 1911) (photo) by Unknown photographer

8628145

T for Toilet, 1908 (photo)
8713229 T for Toilet, 1908 (photo); 31, 5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "To learn to read by Henri Manuel, published by the Librairie Felix Juven, Paris, 1908)

Franziska Feifalik nee Rosler, Rossler or Angerer, known as Fanny, (28 January 1842 - 5 April 1911) (photo)
8684425 Franziska Feifalik nee Rosler, Rossler or Angerer, known as Fanny, (28 January 1842 - 5 April 1911) (photo) by Unknown photographer

The hairstyle, a girl in front of a mirror is styled by another - Hair dressing - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979769 The hairstyle, a girl in front of a mirror is styled by another - Hair dressing - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: The hairstyle)

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing the System D of the Hairy: the cantonment, the lice hunt
LUX4738570 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing the System D of the Hairy: the cantonment, the lice hunt, the rat killer, the cane dealer, the ring manufacturer, the letter to the love

Greece, La Chania, Chania, CR: rue Amiral Pottier - Hairdresser's front with a merchant of the ambulant
LUX4765053 Greece, La Chania, Chania, CR: rue Amiral Pottier - Hairdresser's front with a merchant of the ambulant and chechia in the foreground, 1906; (add.info.: Greece, La Chania, Chania)

One must suffer for beauty. A hairdresser on stilts pulls a woman's hair to the ceiling in the Chinese style
FLO4677414 One must suffer for beauty. A hairdresser on stilts pulls a woman's hair to the ceiling in the Chinese style. " The hairstyle a la Chinese is definitely a major makeover

The Barber (colour litho)
8650410 The Barber (colour litho) by Pletsch, Oskar (1830-88); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Barber. Illustration for Buttercups)

Franziska Feifalik nee Rosler, Rossler or Angerer, known as Fanny, (28 January 1842 - 5 April 1911) (photo)
8684442 Franziska Feifalik nee Rosler, Rossler or Angerer, known as Fanny, (28 January 1842 - 5 April 1911) (photo) by Unknown photographer

Franziska Feifalik nee Rosler, Rossler or Angerer, known as Fanny, (28 January 1842 - 5 April 1911) (photo)
8684426 Franziska Feifalik nee Rosler, Rossler or Angerer, known as Fanny, (28 January 1842 - 5 April 1911) (photo) by Unknown photographer

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): L'entresol " le coiffeur"
LUX4816628 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): L'entresol " le coiffeur", 1860 - photo n°5 of the series " une maison de paris"; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France)

Population of America: Outdoor hairdressers in a village. A boy gets his hair cut, 19th century
NWI4879704 Population of America: Outdoor hairdressers in a village. A boy gets his hair cut, 19th century. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Population of America)

English dandy with his hairdresser and tailor. Dick Wildfire preparing for a Dash in the Francoise
FLO4686842 English dandy with his hairdresser and tailor. Dick Wildfire preparing for a Dash in the Francoise. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from David Carey's Life in

France: In a village, front of a hairdresser selling hats, berets and ties, 1910
LUX4723607 France: In a village, front of a hairdresser selling hats, berets and ties, 1910; (add.info.: France: In a village, front of a hairdresser selling hats, berets and ties)

Customs of the Sahara, 1810 (engraving)
8698344 Customs of the Sahara, 1810 (engraving); (add.info.: Geography. Algeria. Customs of the indigenous people of the Sahara: haircut as proof of the courage of the soldiers)

Franziska Feifalik nee Rosler, Rossler or Angerer, known as Fanny, (28 January 1842 - 5 April 1911) (photo)
8684441 Franziska Feifalik nee Rosler, Rossler or Angerer, known as Fanny, (28 January 1842 - 5 April 1911) (photo) by Unknown photographer

Romanichels or gypsies exercising mowing in open air (Gypsies cutting hair and shearing animals in open air)
ELD4906102 Romanichels or gypsies exercising mowing in open air (Gypsies cutting hair and shearing animals in open air, Spain)

First World War: France, Map draws showing the French "D" system at the service of the hairy and war, 1915
LUX4736518 First World War: France, Map draws showing the French "D" system at the service of the hairy and war

Third Period of Greek Sculpture, About 400-323 BC (engraving)
8644786 Third Period of Greek Sculpture, About 400-323 BC (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Third Period of Greek Sculpture, About 400-323 BC)

Marie Antoinette and her hairdresser, 1842 (engraving)
ELD4929090 Marie Antoinette and her hairdresser, 1842 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Marie Antoinette (Marie-Antoinette) (1755-1793)

Two women at the hairdressers receiving the short haircut called the Titus (after the Roman emperor)
FLO4678042 Two women at the hairdressers receiving the short haircut called the Titus (after the Roman emperor), while a stylist holds up a cache-folie wig

Electric Permanent Waving Machine 1928
A permanent electric waving machine, medusa, Serpents, exhibited at the Hairdressers Annual Exhibition. Date: 1928

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

French soldiers and a barber in the casemates, Verdun, September 1916 (autochrome)
697620 French soldiers and a barber in the casemates, Verdun, September 1916 (autochrome) by Gervais-Courtellemont, Jules (1863-1931); eGalerie Bilderwelt; French, out of copyright

Women sitting at stand hair dryers in a salon

Barberslong-haired pal won get hair cut. Circa 1973

Middlesbrough lads get bald haircuts. 1973

Hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, his wife Beverly and their one year old daughter Catya, pictured in their flat. 27th August 1969

Hairstylist Vidal Sassoon and his one year old daughter Catya, pictured in his flat. 27th August 1969

Hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, pictured in his flat. 27th August 1969

Purdey haircut lookalike contest. Pictured is hairdresser John Frieda. March 1977

Pictured, left to right, Nicky Clarke, Catherine Bailey and David Bailey attending the Elite Model Look of the Year competition, Connaught Rooms, London. 23rd July 1997

Mary Quant (pictured) turning round to show the camera the back of her head and her new hair style by Vidal Sassoon. Picture taken 12th November 1964

Hairdresser Vidal Sassoon with model Sandra Mundy, giving her the boyish Mary Quant hair style look. Picture taken 12th November 1964

Model Sandra Mundy, with her boyish Mary Quant hair style, which was styled by Vidal Sassoon. See other pictures in this set of Sandra as Vidal styles her hair. Picture taken 12th November 1964

Halloween hairdressers at Stuarts. 31st October 1987

Woman have her hair cut and curled at the hair dressers, 7th June 1962

Mrs Janet Durkin gives hair-colouring treats to youngsters at Marsden playgroups Christmas fair. Seen here with their new colourful hairstyles are, from left: Liam McDermott, Mark Durkin

Hairdresser Mike Forbes is returning to the tools after his pub venture crashed into liquidation last summer. He is leasing a shop at Station Street, Redcar. 19th October 1995

Denise McAdam, Hairdresser, 5th July 1986. In 1986 Denises work came to the media attention when she styled the Duchess of Yorks hair for her wedding to Prince Andrew

Fashion designer Mary Quant seen here having the finishing touches made to her new hairstyle by Vidal Sassoon 12th November 1964

Women at the hairdressers seen here under the driers, April 1956

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In the bustling city of Djibouti, a man meticulously prepares his hair for his wedding day, seeking the expertise of a skilled hairdresser. With each stroke and twist, he envisions himself as the epitome of elegance and style when he walks down the aisle. Across the vast lands of Sekondi in Gold Coast, Africa, a talented hairdresser delicately dresses Fante Lady's hair. The intricate braids and vibrant beads reflect her rich cultural heritage, enhancing her natural beauty with every touch. As one enters Charles of the Ritz beauty salon in England's iconic Ritz Tower Hotel they can greeted by an aura of sophistication and luxury. The air is filled with anticipation as clients eagerly await their transformations under the skillful hands of renowned stylists. In picturesque Cumbria's Keswick town stands a traditional barbershop adorned with its timeless symbol - a spinning barber pole. Passersby can't help but be drawn to this nostalgic establishment where old-world charm meets modern grooming techniques. Transporting us back to 1904 London, we find ourselves at Paddington Station's Hairdressing Salon. Amidst steam engines and bustling commuters, men seek respite from their busy lives as expert barbers pamper them with precision cuts and dapper styles. Jalan Kesawan in Medan, Sumatra takes us on an exotic journey through Indonesia where vibrant colors blend harmoniously with traditional hairstyles crafted by local artisans. Here lies a testament to how hairstyling transcends borders and connects cultures. Vidal Sassoon revolutionized hairstyling worldwide with his innovative techniques that embraced individuality and self-expression. His legacy continues to inspire countless aspiring hairdressers who strive to push boundaries within their craft. Immersed in nostalgia, we step into an American barber shop from 1920; its red-striped pole beckoning gentlemen seeking camaraderie amidst lively conversations about sports or politics while receiving a classic shave or trim.