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November 10, 2008 |
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Beauty Culture
FOUND by Robert Keim
in upstate New York
Found in the back of a cabinet, written on the back was "Beauty Culture - Harper Method, Rochester."
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
"What happened to Andre?"
"Harper's "Method" was a health-conscious salon experience embraced by the social elite. Using scientific techniques and applications, salon operators sought to bring out the inner beauty of customers by promoting healthy skin and hair, and by reducing the stress of everyday living; neck, shoulder, and head massages were part of the package.
Harper was the first to coax wealthy women out of their homes to have their hair done--no small feat during the Victorian era. Her salons were all about customer comfort: private, serene surroundings; professional attendants trained in scientific methods; all-natural beauty products that would be at home in today's trendiest salons. She even invented the salon recliner chair with neck support in the sink (but failed to patent it)." ~from the Rochester Review, Fall 2000
I don't know what all this has to do with the man in the picture though. He looks like he's demonstrating the proper pose for a manicure.
This is, then, probably a "before" picture ^^
Pre op
My first reaction is he's closing his eyes and practicing his court reporter typing before a big interview or exam.
Or he's leading his students in a visualization exercise and is about to realize they all left as soon as he closed his eyes, but not before one joker took his picture to post on the "Facebook bulletin board" in the quad.
That's a picture of President Woodrow Wilson. Who knew he started the Harper Method?
I think the caption got transposed with 'Civil Service Opportunities'.
Is there a theme of 'incomprehensible black and white pictures taken in schoolrooms' developing here?
LOL @ Effie! Triage, maybe?
Jonathan, I think you're right. You usually are.
He looks like he's playing air piano, except most pianists don't cross their legs.
(is that a mute pedal, or are you just happy to see me?)
perhaps he is teaching a classroom of ladies how to sit? he looks like a pro.
Ladies do not sit with their legs crossed at the knee. Ladies sit with their legs crossed at the ankle.
Oh! Jonathan, to echo baby basil.. I HOPE you're right! I'm going to be very disappointed if that's the last incomprehensible schoolroom photo.
It's a music room and he's playing air piano.
This picture is getting more and more interesting.
Look closely at the desks.. they have a wooden cover that sticks up above the desk surface. Inside I think there must be sewing machines, or maybe typewriters, that fold back down inside when not in use. Maybe he's demonstrating keyboard skills.
The desks I mentioned previously are the student desks.
What is with that floor? It looks like carpet, but I think it must be old-fashioned linoleum, the kind that came in squares. Probably institution green.
Those closets look like the kind that lined my sister's first grade classroom in Seattle. The ones her teacher put the bad kids in if they misbehaved. If only we could see inside them, we would have a clue as to what is really going on in this incomprehensible picture.
What is that thing in the lower left corner? The black plastic thing and the white spidery cords?
The chair behind the teacher desk is different from the student chairs.
How neatly the books are stacked on the teacher desk!
oh my. i completely covet that desk. it is beeyooteeful. i want it.
What are you looking at, pervert??
This is what we call a "confirmed bachelor".
Well I'll be...I look just like Leslie Nielsen!
...but what about Naomi?
this definitely would be the person i would choose to teach me about beauty culture. what's the old saying? those who can't do, teach.
ps. those cabinets are where the zombies are hiding.
Look at those beautifully-turned legs on the desks. They can't be regular student desks. In fact they look like drop-leaf occasional tables with the leaf dropped on the side away from the camera. But why are they in a classroom?
And is that a UFO parked in the foreground L corner?
My sister used to have a whole set of "beauty culture" books from some "charm school." They were actually quite good since they were pre-1960 and full of solid advice based around a healthy lifestyle and natural home-made cleansers etc. We used to page through them when we were bored on rainy days. A lot of the facial masques and cleansers were good to eat, too.
The chair leg directly behind his foot makes it appear as though he's wearing high-heeled boots. cracks me up. (FMH&FM boots)
He reminds me of Joey on Friends, and his "smell the fart" acting. Alrighty then, I'm officially late for work.
Happy Monday, Kids.
@Jonathan-Of COURSE you're right! The two classroom pictures were submitted by the same person! Wow...2 submissions posted in 2 days. I wonder what his secret is?
I love that his leg is showing over the sock!
If I only had a piano or a computer I could be a genius!
This is the music teacher after a lone stressful day. He is deeply moved by a very dramatic classical piece, I can almost hear it too.
The Dragon Claw!
The Leopard Claw!
The Tiger Claw!
The Snake Head!
The Crane Beak!
The Harper Method!
and the most dangerous...
The Sitting Drunken Master - Hiiyaa!
LOL @ Night in Gale....
"Make it work!"
CLEARLY, this is a picture of Jeff waiting for 7th period to end. Whether HE has taken his meds is an open question at the moment.
SOMEbody had a sense of humor.
This clearly a teacher right after he's taken his Meds.
Funny. I just read a book today wherein I first seen the term beauty culture used (As in School of Beauty Culture). Apparently that's what they called what are now known as Beauty Colleges. Yazza!
well i dont know what this is all about but its always good to see found things from rochester!
LOL @ night in gale
"Andre, I'm really embarrassed about what just happened in Red Lobster."