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Before Instagram influencers and YouTube tutorials, hair was serious business handled by professionals wielding hot combs, setting lotions, and enough hairspray to deplete the ozone layer single-handedly. From the Gibson Girl pompadours of the early 1900s to the gravity-defying beehives of the 1960s and the wild experimentation of 1980s hair metal bands, our ancestors weren't afraid to make bold statements with their locks. Some of these styles required hours of sitting perfectly still while elaborate constructions took shape atop one's head. Others demanded nightly rituals with uncomfortable rollers or morning routines with dangerous electrical appliances. These 44 remarkable photographs capture hair through the decades in all its outrageous glory—serving as reminders that today's "extreme" styles are merely footnotes in the long, gravity-defying history of human beings doing truly puzzling things with the stuff that grows from our heads.
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William Wilburn 8 months ago
Its a fake picture. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/woman-with-big-1970s-hairdo/
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Tucker Cahooter 8 months ago
I think the lady on the left is wearing one wig on top of another wig
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Jerry Jacques 8 months ago
Wow did they step on him. stripes v. solid and the HAIR v. ...., lol. sorry.
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The Other Guest 8 months ago
I suspect this is a Glamour Shots portrait. They're great at making a 60 year old look 40. Unfortunately they're also great at making a 6 year old look 40.
The Other Guest 8 months ago
Munchausen Syndrome is a mental illness wherein a person repeatedly fakes illness/injury/symptoms in order to garner attention. Munchausen by Proxy is faking an illness in another person (think of the vomiting girl in "The Sixth Sense"). for the same reason Mother/daughter outfits used to be quite common, and are not a symptom of Munchausen.
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tresgatos72 8 months ago
I shudder to think of how much hairspray and backcombing this one would require 😳
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wayne whitson 8 months ago
"The Karen-erthal" (1960 B.G.T -Before Good Taste)
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Lotekguy 8 months ago
Since girls weren't allowed to play football, they created their own helmets.
SweetCheesySpaghetti 7 months ago
Anyone else thinks this looks like Tori Spelling and Michael Jackson had a kid???
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Crikey! (ho/hum) 8 months ago (edited)
I'm just the pieces of the man I used to be. A photographer has chopped the legs off of me. In my tangled state of mind, I've been looking hard to find, just where they've gone.
Hello_my_name_is_Genevieve 8 months ago
Too much limbs will k**l you, if you can't make up your mind. Torn between the lower and the ones you've left behind.
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Final score:
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me McG 8 months ago
I too was the proud owner of a Davy Crockett coonskin cap. Dave-67f84...55-png.jpg 
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funkybluegirl (she/her) 8 months ago
Okay. I've seen this hairstyle (or one very similar) 3 times, so far in this list. I really want to know what this style was called.
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me McG 8 months ago
First the hair parts .... and then .... an idea appears fully formed.
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Delicate Fcuking Flower 8 months ago
Don't get too close to the flames! You have enough hairspray in that hair to have contributed heavily to the hole in the ozone layer
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Dave Nalesnik 8 months ago
When you ask for a Beatles haircut, and they give you a medieval monk instead
tresgatos72 8 months ago
No, a medieval monk tonsure would have the top shaved bald and just a ring of hair.
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Rebecca Ferguson 8 months ago
I always think of Sgt Carter from Gomer Pyle when I see these buzz cuts.
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StretcherBearer 7 months ago
My grandparents had that landscape painting in their living room.
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Joanne Mendonza-Earle 7 months ago
Is it bad that I absolutely LOVE their sparkly outfits? I need that fabric!
Vivian McBride 8 months ago (edited)
Looks like another album cover of Christian music. The people are good-looking, but those clothes!
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Dave Nalesnik 8 months ago
Star Trek was absolutely the first thing I saw too!
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Undercover 8 months ago
No wonder there was a huge hole in the ozon layer, considering the massive amounts of hairspray that was used 😱 /jk
Undercover 8 months ago
No wonder there was a huge hole in the ozon layer, considering the massive amounts of hairspray that was used 😱 /jk
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