Thread: Rare photo

Originally Posted by MisterClean

I wonder if we could guess the date? rubber set brushes .60 cents to $2.00. Hmmm a brush like that today would be about $25.00? 1940s?

Look at the safety's...Seems all lather-catchers you would have to hone and strop? No DE's? . May be late 1800's.
The Gillette experts can say? The design of the strops say old. The sewn-on handles.

Thinking I could buy that bike for 30 bucks!
Must be a top bike. That was a pile back then. Nice pics!

Since we cannot possibly wait for DE experts to come along on a straight razor focused forum, I decided to put on my NCSI hat and zoom in on the pic details.

I noticed the Spalding Red Dot golf balls. A quick wave of the Google brings up dates between 1908 and 1915 (when a dozen balls were priced at $6 per dozen; not sure if resale or wholesale though). Too bad there’s no price tag seen near the golf balls.

Edit: from another article on the history of the golf ball — “The early-Haskell ball, like its predecessors, did have one drawback; it was still very smooth! Enterprising professionals like Jim and Dave Foulis began to take the Haskell ball and “mark” it (in effect giving it a “dimple-type” pattern) which allowed it to fly further. Today’s dimple patterns were born out of these early “markings”. But in 1905 an English Engineer, William Taylor, developed and in 1907 he was granted the patent for the dimple pattern we know today. When the Spalding Company purchased the US rights to his patent in 1908, the birth of the commercial ball market in America had begun. The familiar Spalding trademark “DOT” began and would be used for almost 60 years.”

Golf balls were expensive back then too!

When did the 1st Gillette DE's come out?

Where are those DE guys when we need ‘em anyways, Tom?

Would that not be an NCIS hat?

Sheesh, here ya go....

But it wasn't until 1901 that King C. Gillette fundamentally transformed shaving with the invention of the first safety razor, which was granted a patent on November 15th, 1904.

King Camp Gillette was granted the first patent for the de blade in 1904. Not sure though when they became widely used. As gleaned from Wikipedia.

You’re fast Mark

Between the golf balls and that, a date can be narrowed down pretty tight?

I’m kinda surprised we are not seeing a Gillette on the board quite honestly because I’m thinking 1910 to 1915 or so. Maybe I can go search up Rubberset brush pricing...

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