@SFOMuseum Twitter Posts Tagged hairstyle This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Twitter account. There are 41 posts and this is page 2 of 4. See all the tags or all the Twitter posts that have been archived so far.

Women have worn hairnets for centuries for reasons including aesthetics, protecting hairstyles, and sanitary purposes. Hairnets have been made from a variety of materials ranging from real human hair and silk to nylon in various hair color shades. #HairStyle This tweet was posted on April 23, 2021.

See “Hair Style” on display, post-security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 or online at: https://t.co/hvo6hwZgUy #HairStyle This tweet was posted on April 09, 2021.

The combs used to style afros also reflected these principles, none more so than the fist comb. With a handle in the shape of the Black Power salute, a variety of styles were designed and patented in the 1970s. #HairStyle This tweet was posted on April 09, 2021.

By the late 1960s, the afro hairstyle, famously worn by political activist Angela Davis and celebrities including Nina Simone and Diana Ross, became a symbol of Black pride, solidarity, and empowerment. #HairStyle This tweet was posted on April 09, 2021.

📸: Polar Club hair dryer and box c. 1923 The A.C. Gilbert Company Hair dryer c. 1950s Rex-Ray Hair dryer c. 1950s Kenmore All are courtesy of Jeff Hafler, Beauty Bubble Salon and Museum #HairStyle This tweet was posted on March 22, 2021.

See “Hair Style” on display, post-security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 or online at: https://t.co/hvo6hwZgUy #HairStyle This tweet was posted on March 22, 2021.

While sitting in the salon (perhaps for the first time in over a year) have you ever wondered how blowout styling started? Rose Evansky (1922-2016), a Polish Jew who fled to Britain from Nazi Germany, pioneered it in the early 1960s in London. #HairStyle This tweet was posted on March 22, 2021.

Hand-held electric hair dryers became available in the first decade of the twentieth century. Loud, heavy, and expensive, early dryers operated with low wattage and required long drying times. #HairStyle This tweet was posted on March 22, 2021.

See “Hair Style” on display, post-security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 or online at: https://t.co/hvo6hwZgUy #HairStyle This tweet was posted on March 15, 2021.

Did you know that the humble bobby pin originated in the Bay Area? Invented by San Francisco cosmetics manufacturer Luis Marcus, bobby pins made their debut following World War I and are named after the new bobbed hairstyles they kept in place. #HairStyle #SFHistory This tweet was posted on March 15, 2021.

We're VERY excited to present our first-ever virtual tour! Grab a front row seat for a visit to #HairStyle, led by the exhibition's curator, Nicole Mullen. https://t.co/icsoxop7ZE This tweet was posted on March 04, 2021.

See “Hair Style” on display, post-security in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 or online at: https://t.co/hvo6hwZgUy #HairStyle This tweet was posted on February 22, 2021.