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I didn't quite know what to do with this bugger, but it seems so special in and of itself that I thought it deserved to stand alone. I have seen other things like this, as in the post made two days ago on the history of enormous bras, that used stone-age implements in the patent (see below).
This toupee adherer, the thing to which a toupee would be attached, also served as a facial splint--a splint for face fat, the device described as being capable of pulling back the looseness of age.
It seems as though waking up in the morning au natural might be a bit of a shock.
Here's another prehistoric bit, this on breast support:
Congrats, John, on going over 1,500 posts. That's a lot of amazing info. And to think we were just kicking around the idea of blogging over your stacks of maps what seems like only a few days ago...yet it has now been years. Time flies, my friend. Time flies.
Posted by: Marty Weil | 21 June 2011 at 01:19 PM
Thanks, Marty. Its a lot of words. Luckily for time flying and all--it lasts longer here because it is just so difficult getting into Asheville Regional Airport-um-on time.
Posted by: John F. Ptak | 21 June 2011 at 03:33 PM