HAIRDRESSING 50-100 YEARS AGO

As time goes by, fashion, architecture, cars, various household items, and everything related to beauty care and hairdressing services change. We invite you to virtually explore the predecessors of manicure sets, hair dryers, hair cutting and styling tools, and shaving devices that were part of many people’s daily lives 50-100 years ago, and to experience […]

Curling tongs for creating waves. 20. century 1920s-1930s. years

AEG hair dryer. 20. century 30. years

Permanent exhibition "Pietura Ogre"

Heat-retaining hair rinsing can with a sieve built into the spout.

Upper part of the hair drying apparatus. 20. century 30. years

Upper part of the hair drying apparatus. 20. century 30. years

Hairdressing items in the museum's permanent exhibition

Hair rinsing bowl and water jug.

Curling tongs to be heated on a stove. 20. century 1920s-1930s. years

Metal hair clip, 1920s. century 30. years

Apparatus for heating perm rollers. 20. century 30. years

Hair thinning scissors. 20. century 30. years

Hair clippers. 20. century 30. years

Bone comb, 1920s. century 1920s-1930s. years

Soviet-era aluminum hair roller.

Soviet-era aluminum hair roller.

Perm roller.

Soviet-era hair rollers.

Soviet-era hair dryer "Vesna", manufactured in Volgograd.

Nail file. 20. century 1920s-1930s. years

Nail buffer. 20. century 30. years

Manicure set. 20. century 70. years

Set brought from Great Britain in the 1940s.

Straight razor. 20. century 1920s-1930s. years

Shaving kit. 20. century 60. years

The sets were sold in cardboard boxes covered with brown dermatine.

Soviet-era electric shaver "Kharkiv".

Soviet-era electric shaver with various attachments.

Soviet-era electric shaver "Kharkiv".

Perfume bottle. 20. century 1920s-1930s. years

Perfume bottle.

Hairdressing salon and its employees in Ogre, Brīvības Street 13. 20. century 30. years

Hairdressing salon and its employees in Ogre, Brīvības Street 13. 20. century 30. years

Hairdressing salon and its employees in Ogre, Brīvības Street 13. 20. century 30. years

Mobile hairdressing salon in a bus, hairdresser Ērika Penka. 1965. year

Kārlis Silenieks in the hairdressing salon on Brīvības Street 13. 20. century 60. years

Katrīna Sileniece hairdressing teacher Teodors Spuriņš on Brīvības Street 13.

In the hairdressing salon on Brīvības Street 13. 20. century 30. years

In the hairdressing salon on Brīvības Street 13. 20. century 40. years

As time goes by, fashion, architecture, cars, various household items, and everything related to beauty care and hairdressing services change. We invite you to virtually explore the predecessors of manicure sets, hair dryers, hair cutting and styling tools, and shaving devices that were part of many people’s daily lives 50-100 years ago, and to experience the atmosphere of Ogre’s early hairdressing salons and mobile hair cutting services.

“OGRE KANGARI” HIKING TRAIL

We invite you to explore the hiking trail to better discover the hills of Ogre. View the photo gallery and read the story on the museum's website or Facebook page. By looking at historical images, you can compare how the city has changed over time. We have marked the route in the "BalticMaps" map browser. The “GPX” file is convenient to use with the LVM GEO mobile app. The total length of the hiking trail marked on the map is 14 kilometers (7 kilometers in Pārogre and 7 kilometers in Ogre center and Jaunogre). The hiking trail winds through both the urban part of the city (with asphalt, cobblestone, and gravel surfaces) and green areas (park paths and pedestrian-trodden forest trails without special amenities).
Everyone is also invited to complete a task — to solve a crossword puzzle. Its clues can be found in places along the hiking trail. The puzzle solution can be submitted in person at the museum or sent to the email address ogresmuzejs@ogresnovads.lv. Every solver will receive a small, museum-produced thematic souvenir — a calendar with an illustration of the Ogre Kangari hills (you will receive it upon arrival at the museum).