Description
Black and white 5 1/4″ x 13 3/4″ ad for Barbasol Sanitary Beard Softener. This ad starts off with the drawing of six well-dressed ladies anxiously peering away from the viewer as the headline states that “Women In Seven States Are Looking For Me”. Below this is a drawing of a man standing near his car that is hooked up to a trailer. It calls him a “Traveling Salesman – that’s what I’ve been for years, but never did so well with the women until I discarded old-fashioned shaving methods and switched to modern Barbasol. Now, instead of having a dry, coarse, bristly skin after shaving, my Barbasol Face is as clean as a pin, as smooth and fresh as a daisy”. The next drawing shows a man smiling as he is shaving and the caption claims that “Speed Counts when you’re on the road, and Barbasol gives me a sweeter shave in less time – whether the water is hot or cold”. The text continues.
Source: March 11, 1940 Life magazine.
