The first hair dryers were heavy, barely heated the air and often beat with electric current. Early hair dryers in retro photos
1928
The woman sits under a chrome-plated hairdryer.
Photo: Keystone-France
1928
Photo: Corbis
1948
A woman uses a heat lamp and a hairdryer made of glass.
Photo: Ralph Royle
1930
Photo: Imagno
5 November 1930
A woman is testing a new hair dryer in a London hair salon.
Photo: Popperfoto
1930
A woman demonstrating a hair steamer at an exhibition of hairdressing in London.
September 22, 1932
A woman is testing a hairdryer at an exhibition in London.
Photo: Miller
1933
Hairdresser in Moscow, Russia.
Photo by Emil Strassberg
1937
Hairdresser in Cannes, France.
Photo: Imagno
1935
The beautician applies tubes and pads to the head of the man to heal the client's hair while he reads the newspaper.
Photo: Hulton-Deutsch Collection
