Vintage Military Shaving Photos

[Holyhabanero]

As I was looking at old shaving videos, I came across memory.loc.gov (http://memory.loc.gov) which had several vintage shaving images, including these great photos of servicemen shaving:

GI shaving in foxhole using helmet as basin (1945)
http://photoswest.org/photos/00200001/00200058.jpg

Soldier shaving (date & location unknown)
http://runyon.lib.utexas.edu/n2r?urn:utlol:runyon.08065.jpg

Fifth Cavalry in camp at Grant Park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois (1915)
http://memory.loc.gov/ndlpcoop/ichicdn/n0650/n065063a.jpg

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Sergeant George Camblair shaving in the morning at the camp. (1942)
http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/fsa/8d22000/8d22300/8d22326r.jpg

Sergeant Crowley holding a mirror and shaving, kneeling in a field (1927)
http://memory.loc.gov/ndlpcoop/ichicdn/n0837/n083759.jpg

GI shaving in the shell-blasted church at Pietra Colora (1945)
http://photoswest.org/photos/00200251/00200272.jpg

Recruit lathering his face with a shaving brush in front of a makeshift vanity at the military school at Fort Sheridan, Illinois (1915)
http://memory.loc.gov/ndlpcoop/ichicdn/n0654/n065457.jpg

Recruit shaving at a makeshift vanity at the military camp at Fort Sheridan, Illinois] (1915)
http://memory.loc.gov/ndlpcoop/ichicdn/n0654/n065456.jpg

Italian boys watching a GI getting a shave (1945)
http://photoswest.org/photos/00200251/00200303.jpg

[roughrider]

Great find. Got any more?

[Holyhabanero]

Great find. Got any more?
You bet. I've posted them in a new thread.

[Jonnybc]

These photos are excellent. Do you collect vintage shaving pics of is this the beginning of a new obsession?

[rtaylor61]

What better what to "decorate" a shave den"? Great photos, and thanks for sharing.

Randy

[Holyhabanero]

These photos are excellent. Do you collect vintage shaving pics or is this the beginning of a new obsession?
The latter. It is quite facinating to see thes old photos.

[Holyhabanero]

What better what to "decorate" a shave den"? Great photos, and thanks for sharing.

Randy

That's a great idea. Some of these photos at memory.loc.gov (http://memory.loc.gov) are provided in large format so they could eaily be printed on photo paper and framed.

[roughrider]

Soldier in WW2 shaving to enable an air-tight seal when wearing his gas mask.

http://www.combatreform.com/shavinginWW2.jpg



http://www.combatreform.com/spork.htm

[htownmmm]

Those pictures brought back memories for me!

When I was in the Army, we were all issued a "steel pot"- much better for keeping your water hot than the current kevlar helmets of today.

Plus, shaving was a must- no way to escape the effects of 'gas' w/o having a tight seal-which u could not have unless your face was BBS.


Marty