Charles Michael “Mike” Dressler, barber and son of Civil War Veteran Mitchell Dressler and Caroline Gubble, operated his Electric Barber Shop at 223 Market Street in Portsmouth, Ohio.
The above ephemera is business card sized and features a comical 1892 illustration by Theo A. Kochs showing a mechanical hair cutting device that with the assistance of several attendants, cut the patron’s hair, applied hair oil, bay oil, shined their shoes, and presumptively gave them a razor shave. While this device was highly unlikely it was good marketing.
