Bay rum
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Bay rum is a type of cologne and aftershave lotion. Other uses include as under-arm deodorant, fragrance for shaving soap and hair cream, as well as a general astringent.
19th-century trade card, showing bay rum from St. Thomas.
At 58% alcohol by volume and despite "for external use only" indications, Rexall Bay Rum was one way to duck the restrictions on alcohol during the era of Prohibition in the United States (this particular bottle is not from the prohibition era — it dates from the 1950s or early 1960s)
Ad from the 60's touting the all-male sex appeal of Bay Rum cologne
Shaving soap
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Shaving soap is a hard soap that is used to produce lather with a shaving brush. The lather it produces is used to coat the face during shaving, softening the hair in preparation for shaving.
Bay rum
…Bay rum is a type of cologne and aftershave lotion. Other uses include as under-arm deodorant, fragrance for shaving soap and hair cream, as well as a general astringent. Bay rum is a distillate, originally made in Saint Thomas in the Danish West Indies (and probably in…
A puck of shaving soap in a ceramic bowl
Colgate shaving soap stick container from the 1930s
Shave sticks packaged in foil and paper.