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Clairol Color Carousel at the 1964/1965 New York World’s Fair

Those Amazing Bubbles

THE OTHER YOU -- IN TECHNICOLOR

Visitors to Clairol exhibit see themselves in Technicolor by peering into gadgets that use mirrors and pictures to show how they'd look in a variety of hairstyles and hues. Inside pavilion -- which is off-limits to men -- women ride a carousel and receive analyses of proper hair-coloring worked up for them by a computer.

Peering into Bubbles

SOURCE: Photo: The Saturday Evening Post, Issue No. 20, May 23, 1964 - Photograph by John Zimmerman

Take a Peek Inside

See Yourself...

Has there been anything like it at a World's Fair before or since? "See Yourself... in a New Haircolor."

Women and Bubbles

A row of large white bubbles are located at the front of the Carousel. These ingenious adjustable devices let you see what you'd look like in a different hairstyle and color!

Face cutout

Simply place your face into the cutout provided...

A Honey Blonde!

... and see a mirrored reflection of yourself as a honey blonde!

SOURCE: Photos: NBC News, Worlds' Fair Diary with Edwin Newman, Broadcast July 30, 1964