IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The first safety razor was patented ...

Shaving once required a skilled barber with a steady hand and a sharp straight razor. Any attempt to duplicate the act at home usually ended in bloodshed. In 1904, King Gillette introduced the first ...

Editor's note: This story is part of a series celebrating 150 years of daily newspaper service in Fond du Lac County. The series runs in print on the last Sunday of each month. FOND DU LAC - Wisconsin ...

The day when investors or financiers could afford to stick up their noses at the “specialties” has long since passed. Few better instances of this fact have appeared than the Gillette Safety Razor Co.

Given their greatness, we wanted to test the top metal razors from the best-known brands to find the safety razor to rule them all. That’s why SPY has spent the last 10 weeks meticulously testing the ...

(CNN) -- Gillette's newest razor doesn't come with an extra blade or better handle. Instead, the $200 razor heats up to give men the "pleasure of a hot towel shave." But for Gillette, which is owned ...

Gillette is commemorating the first moon landing 50 years after its razor was used on board NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission. Gillette's Apollo Collection by Razor Maker men's razor features a design ...