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A glimpse into the hairdressing salon of the 1930s is a look at the beginnings of a rural profession. Hairdressing salons had already existed in the towns since the late 19th century. In the country hair was still cut in the hairdresser's kitchen or parlour until the 1920s. Then technology arrived here too.
Comb, scissors and hand trimmers were supplemented by the electric hair clippers, which were driven by a motor over a flexible shaft. This machine not only made it possible to give a tidier hair cut but it made work easier for the hairdresser, since working with the hand trimmer was very tiring and monotonous.
Colouring and permanent waves came into fashion for women. If women had worn their hair long up until then or tied into a bun, now was the time of the short hair cut. It was worn bobbed or waved. The perm equipment worked with electricity and seems rather adventurous from today's point of view.
Most men went to the barber's regularly to have their beard trimmed or to have a shave, apart from to have a haircut. While they were waiting, they played cards, smoked or drank a bottle of beer. The hairdresser's was therefore a meeting point, where you could swap the latest news. The hairdresser's did not fill up however until late afternoon or evening. In the day people on farms were busy, which is why most hairdressers had the time in the day to run a small farm part-time. On the Saturday before the annual fair or before church holidays the hairdressers were busiest. Then beards were trimmed as in piecework.
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