A presentation of the Electric Shaver Page.
Posted November 8, 2009 (Originally published in 1950)
An on/off switch on the shaver. What an innovation!
Early electric shavers did not have a power switch. You would turn on the shave when you plug it in. Yes, there were not yet any rechargeable shavers on the market, although battery operated shavers which use removable batteries did become available later in the 1950s.
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