Wow!  105 years!  Thank you Margo!

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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Margo Anderson
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 2:58 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] False Eyelashes


On May 25, 2011, at 2:27 AM, <[email protected]>
<[email protected]  > wrote:

> This morning a film titled Lady of Leisure was on was on TCM with 
> Barbara Stanwyck.  Her role was a model and she was wearing false 
> eyelashes.  The male actor peeled them off her eyelids.  My question 
> when were false eyelashes first used in history and how were they 
> attached?
>
According to the US Patent office,  a patent for false eyelashes was granted
100 years ago, on June 6, 1911.  I think we should have a celebration!

http://www.google.com/patents?id=sadCAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&sourc
e=gbs_overview_r&cad=0#v
=onepage&q&f=false

Margo
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