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This Harper Method Shop Directory was published in 1940, and lists 420 shops in the US and Canada.

Harper Method brush.

This small enameled pin designates graduates of the Harper Method course of instruction.

This small Harper Method comb, possibly used for teasing the hair, is made of hard rubber.

Harper Method scissors.

Harper Method products were meant to be compliment each other in a complete beauty regime. Make-Up Remover Cream was used when a "quick clean-up is desired without the thorough cleansing provided by the Cleansing Creams".

Harper Method Ointment for the Hair was produced from 1888 on in Rochester. According to the package, it "regulates the normal secretion of natural oil, corrects dry & eczematous conditions of the scalp, overcomes the most stubborn cases of dandruff,…

Powder shaker for Harper Method's Contoure Body Powder.

This shaving knife was made in Germany for the R. & C. Thompson Company of Baltimore, Maryland. It is their "Velvet Edge" model. Ca. 1920.

The Marcel Wave hairstyle was very popular in the 1920s. This electric iron allowed Harper staff to create the short hair style quickly and easily.