Show me your photos of King Camp Gillette, the handsome devil!

[ctakim]

Got this off the Bay. It is an 8 x 10 modern high quality print of King Camp Gillette from a 1906 photograph. I was interested if folks had any other pictures of the man who started the razor and disposable razor blade business? If so, show them here!!!

 

[luvmysuper]

I've always been fond of his picture on the old razor blade wrapper.
Say what you like, the guy had the guts to put his face on his product.
Ok, so did Chef Boyardee, but you get my meaning.

 

[johnmrson]

As an old man.

 

[stubblefree]

Sure.....we got the right meaning Phil

Vijay

I've always been fond of his picture on the old razor blade wrapper.
Say what you like, the guy had the guts to put his face on his product.
Ok, so did Chef Boyardee, but you get my meaning.

 

[dpm802]

 

[dpm802]

Besides being an inventor, KCG was also a committed Socialist. He dreamed of all businesses being owned by the people, and he offered Teddy Roosevelt a salary of $1M a year to be head of this corporation. TR turned him down.

He wanted to see the entire American Population live in one large city called Metropolis, which would be powered by Niagara Falls.

KCG called his dream society "Utopia," and wrote several books on the matter:

The Human Drift (1894)
World Corporation (1910)
The People's Corporation (1924)

 

[MrLara]

that picture that luvmysuper posted is probably the coolest blade wrapper i've seen.

 

[Commander Quan]

Is anyone else a little creeped out looking into his eyes?

 

[Jinx18]

You'd think King Gillette would be clean shaven if his products were so good!

 

[Harvid]

You'd think King Gillette would be clean shaven if his products were so good!

Considering the popularity of beards in the late 1800's and early 1900's, that's pretty clean shaven! No 5 o'clock shadow there!