1940s Gillette Advertisement Point of Sale Cardboard - Blue Gillette Blades

Date: 1940s
Size:  9.5 x 13 inches 

Shaving Trivia: According to our friends at Wikipedia, "Before the advent of razors, hair was sometimes removed using two shells to pull the hair out or using water and a sharp tool. Around 3000 BC when copper tools were developed, copper razors were invented.

The idea of an aesthetic approach to personal hygiene may have begun at this time, though Egyptian priests may have practiced something similar to this earlier. Alexander the Great strongly promoted shaving during his reign in the 4th century BC because he believed it looked tidier. In some Native American tribes, at the time of contact with British colonists, it was customary for men and women to remove all body hair."