It's a joke, but was dyeing hair blue actually a thing back then?
Asked by Anonymous
I can’t find much on blue hair dye that isn’t referring to blue-black, however…
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The Weekly Republican, Plymouth, Indiana, April 28, 1870

Interior Journal, Stanford, Kentucky, February 23, 1883

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The Sun, New York, December 14, 1913


The Evening News, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, February 7, 1922

