Remington Princess Electric Shaver (b) in blue plastic case (a); the case stands on two edges raised on the bottom, and it opens outward, allowing a second compartment near the bottom to open; the front is decorated with flowery patters printed in silver and blue ink, and the name of the shaver is …
Remington Princess Electric Shaver (b) in blue plastic case (a); the case stands on two edges raised on the bottom, and it opens outward, allowing a second compartment near the bottom to open; the front is decorated with flowery patters printed in silver and blue ink, and the name of the shaver is raised in silver on the front of the bottom compartment; the back of the case is embossed with a flowery pattern but no ink; inside the case, there is an indentation in which the shaver fits, with a lip on the bottom of the indentation; the shaver has the same pattern printed on one side as is on the front of the case; the company name is raised on the other side; embossed on the bottom around the electrical outlet for the cord is the manufacturing and model information; in the sides of the shaver are two black plastic tabs, which, when squeezed, release the comb (c); the comb is made of metal and has tabs on the sides which can be slid between the printed words "LEGS" and "ARMS"; there are numerous tiny slits in the metal, and the interior pieces slide across inside; the cord (d) is stored in the bottom compartment of the case, and is cream coloured, with prongs for a regular outlet on one side and a rubber piece with the holes to match the outlet on the shaver on the other side; the brush (e) is also stored in the bottom compartment, and is made of a twisted stem of metal with bristles arranged like a paint brush on one end and a toilet brush on the other.
Number Of Parts
5
Part Names
a - case: Length 7.0 cm X Width 10.0 cm X Height 16.2 cm
b - shaver: Length 2.8 cm X Width 6.3 cm X Height 7.5 cm
c - comb: Length 4.2 cm X Width 2.6 cm X Height 1.0 cm
d - cord: Length 215.0 cm X Width 2.0 cm X Height 1.2 cm
e - brush: Length 10.1 cm X Width 1.5 cm X Height 0.5 cm
Raised on case (a): REMINGTON // PRINCESS"; raised / embossed on shaver (b): "REMINGTON // MODEL CL-50 // MADE IN FRANCE // 300A UL® LISTED // 8W..60 Hz // 110-125 VAC ONLY"; printed on comb (c): "LEGS // ARMS // LEGS // ARMS"; raised on cord (d): "15A-125V // PWC // 4 // PWC // S".
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-E5-4
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Brush slightly bent; minor stains and discolouration on plastic case and shaver
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Websites, magazines, book
Reference Comments
"The Unusual and Deeply Sexist History of Women Removing Their Body Hair", Mic.com, by Rachel Lubit, August 12, 2016: https://www.mic.com/articles/151191/the-unusual-and-deeply-sexist-history-of-women-removing-their-body-hair
"The History of Female Hair Removal", Women's Museum of California, Nov. 22, 2017: https://womensmuseum.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/the-history-of-female-hair-removal/
"It Started With Harper’s Bazaar…" Outskirts of the Twenties, January 5, 2014: https://outskirtsofthetwenties.wordpress.com/2014/01/05/it-started-with-harpers-bazaar/
"How Shaving Works" by Marshall Brain, Howstuffworks, June 26, 2006: https://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/men/shaving-tips/shaving1.htm
Life Magazine, 6 May 1957, 204 pages, Vol. 42, No. 18, ISSN 0024-3019, Published by Time Inc, page 153: https://books.google.ca/books?id=KD8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=remington+princes+shaver&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Life Magazine, 9 Dec 1957, 174 pages, Vol. 43, No. 24, ISSN 0024-3019, Published by Time Inc, pages 30-31: https://books.google.ca/books?id=xlUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=remington+princes+shaver&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Life Magazine, 1 Apr 1957, 150 pages, Vol. 42, No. 13, ISSN 0024-3019, Published by Time Inc, page 48-49: https://books.google.ca/books?id=7kwEAAAAMBAJ&dq=remington+princes+shaver&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Life Magazine, 20 Dec 1968, 90 pages, Vol. 65, No. 25, ISSN 0024-3019, Published by Time Inc, page 57: https://books.google.ca/books?id=rVIEAAAAMBAJ&dq=remington+princes+shaver&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Canada Law Reports: Exchequer Court of Canada, Volume 59, Canada. Exchequer Court, F. A. Acland, printer to the King, 1960, page 463: https://books.google.ca/books?id=Mf4uAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22remington+princess%22+shaver&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=
Research Facts
Gillette released the first "safety razor" in 1901 and advertised it heavily. Shaving became inexpensive and easier for men to do more often. In World War One, soldiers were required to shave their faces in order to fit into gas masks. Returning soldiers and advertising from companies like Gillette made being clean shaven fashionable for men, Beards were then unfashionable until the 1960s, and it remains in fashion for men to be clean shaven.
In Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, hair removal was common for both men and women, as it was considered clean and beautiful. They used tweezers, waxes, and pumice stones.
In the Elizabethan Era in Europe, England's Queen Elizabeth I set the trend of women shaping their eyebrows and removing moustaches, as well as removing the hair about the forehead so one's face appreared longer.
In 1915, an ad in the magazine Harper's Bazaar and Gillette's creation of the Milady Décolleté were among the things which urged women to be rid of hair under their arms, and as hemlines rose in the 1940s and 50s, women began shaving their legs in larger numbers and more regularly, a standard which persists to this day.