by gwffoundation | Oct 23, 2021 | Lives & Legacies
Looking back in time, people’s personal hygiene, fashion choices, medical treatments, and more can seem disgusting. When confronted with gross practices, our first reaction can be to dismiss our ancestors as primitive, ignorant, or just silly. Before such judgments,...
by gwffoundation | Nov 7, 2018 | Daily Life in the 1700s, Fashion in History, Lives & Legacies
When Mr. Gilchrist [the hairdresser] opened my aunt’s head, …its effluvias [bad odor] affected my sense of smelling disagreeably, which stench however, did not surprise me when I observed the great variety of materials employed in raising the dirty fabric. False locks...
by gwffoundation | Sep 22, 2017 | Fashion in History, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
After unearthing over 200 wig hair curlers from Washington’s Boyhood Home, we were in a position to do something that – to our knowledge – has never been done before: crossmend all those curler fragments. As a result, we can now predict the minimum number...
by gwffoundation | Sep 15, 2016 | Fashion in History, Lives & Legacies
We’re pretty interested in 18th century hairstyles, wigs, and wig-styling here at George Washington’s Ferry Farm and Historic Kenmore. As evidence, check out our most viewed blog post. It’s about wig styling. Our interest stems from the hundreds of wig curlers...
by gwffoundation | Jan 28, 2015 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Editor’s Note: Looking back in time, people’s personal hygiene, fashion choices, medical treatments, and more sometimes look, at the very least, bizarre, if not outright disgusting. When confronted with these weird or gross practices, our first reaction can be to...
