Getting ready for bed in the olden days

Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (15476)

• Ireland

5 Oct 25

@porwest Her face isn’t really asking for anything to get hiked up!

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (112694)

• United States

5 Oct 25

Just have to hike it up. Easy enough. lol

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (112694)

• United States

5 Oct 25

@xFiacre

We agree on that. lol. I mean, in a worst case scenario, at least the lights aren't on and you can just use your imagination.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (133055)

• United States

5 Oct 25

She certainly does look real! Thank goodness our night gowns don’t have to be that cumbersome anymore.

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct 25

I guess they had to iron them as well.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (214941)

• United States

5 Oct 25

I like wax museums. I haven't been to one in quite awhile. There are a couple I know of not super far away though..maybe I should try to go.

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct 25

Not that it's important but I guess I shouldn't call this a wax museum. Not sure that I have (called it a wax museum) but the wax figures that were there were very authentic.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (214941)

• United States

6 Oct 25

@JudyEv What else would you call it?

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct 25

@snowy22315 To me, it's a museum with a few wax figures helping make the displays come alive. The only wax museum I've seen was all wax figures and basically nothing else.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (49976)

• India

5 Oct 25

She looks very much real. It seems as if she might leap and start running the next moment !

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (49976)

• India

11 Oct 25

@JudyEv Somehow she also reminds me of a few characters in Agatha Christie - Poirot Movies/Series.

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct 25

Leaping into bed maybe?

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (90365)

• United States

5 Oct 25

She looks very real, also not too happy that she’s going to bed.

Or maybe her hair is tangled. Actually, that’s part of the realism!

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (90365)

• United States

6 Oct 25

@JudyEv — I remember that “sage advice”! Glad I’ve always had short hair.

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct 25

We used to be told to brush our hair 100 strokes before going to bed.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (70072)

• Centralia, Washington

5 Oct 25

That wax lady looks creepy in her realism to me.

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct 25

I wouldn't want to be walking backwards and suddenly bump into her.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153126)

• India

6 Oct 25

She does look real. I have been to Madame Tussade's

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153126)

• India

7 Oct 25

@JudyEv

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct 25

I haven't been to Madame Tussaud's but I was impressed with these figures.

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Oct 25

@allknowing They are very impressive. Thanks for the photo.

annavi23

@annavi23 (6633)

• Philippines

8 Oct 25

Wow! That looks real. She also looks like white lady or something, luckily she didn't have a scary face.

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annavi23

@annavi23 (6633)

• Philippines

10 Oct 25

@JudyEv Have you seen a wax figure with a scary face then? I haven't been to wax figure museum before. Is it real life size, much taller or smaller than you?

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Oct 25

She doesn't have a scary face thankfully.

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Oct 25

@annavi23 These were all life-size. I've been in a horror place where the scary faces might have been wax.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (505655)

• Italy

5 Oct 25

She really looks real. Everything I see on that dressing table, except the candlesticks, was on the dressing table of my grandmother, who also did her hair before going to sleep.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (505655)

• Italy

6 Oct 25

@JudyEv Same as my grandmother and the shape of the mirror with the handle identical to the one in your picture.

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct 25

My grandmother had a bun but at night she would let her hair down, brush it thoroughly then plait it loosely.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (142568)

• Marion, Ohio

5 Oct 25

They have done a great job

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (142568)

• Marion, Ohio

6 Oct 25

@JudyEv Keeping that stuff clean would be a full time job

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Oct 25

@wolfgirl569 Some museums can get very dusty. There are never as many volunteers as they need.

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct 25

I guess someone has to go around and dust all this stuff from time to time.

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rakski

@rakski (164894)

• Philippines

6 Oct 25

definitely look real to me!

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rakski

@rakski (164894)

• Philippines

6 Oct 25

@JudyEv I will too if I see her

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct 25

Yes, I was expecting her to get into bed in front of my eyes.

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Fleur

@Fleura (36192)

• United Kingdom

5 Oct 25

She doesn't look very happy, I guess she's found a knot. I have a load of things like that too. But I'm not sure that curved brush is intended for a dressing table. I have one just like it and it goes with a crumb tray (like a little dustpan and brush set) to sweep crumbs off the table. Must show you a picture!

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct 25

You could well be right. Unless people are 'of a certain age' they could mistake it for a hair-brush. I had a brush and crumb set too but the brush wasn't curved.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (126685)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

5 Oct 25

The lady on this post looks like a real person looking good for getting ready for bed.

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct 25

She certainly looks very life-like.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (126685)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

6 Oct 25

@JudyEv You are right.

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Jim Bauer

@porwest (112694)

• United States

5 Oct 25

Wax museums always freak me out. lol. As for getting ready for bed, it's a pretty simple process for me.

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct 25

Yes, it doesn't take me long to go to bed.

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Enigma

@reploid (1570)

• France

5 Oct 25

She looks incredibly real!

That's a fascinating glimpse into nightly routines from a different time. The detail on the dressing table really brings the whole scene to life. Thanks for sharing this piece of history!

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Enigma

@reploid (1570)

• France

6 Oct 25

@JudyEv The craftsmanship is truly impressive!

Thanks for sharing these fascinating glimpses into the museum with us.

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct 25

All the figures in this museum are very life-like. I'm glad you enjoyed the post.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (102288)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

5 Oct 25

That does look realistic, Well, it's now official I am an antique, I used to have a nightgown like that,

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@JudyEv (391367)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Oct 25

Did you really?

I don't think mine were quite that voluminous.

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (129117)

• Gainesville, Florida

5 Oct 25

She's brushing her hair before bed? Won't her hair get all messed up/tangled up while she sleeps? Wax museums are fun. I've been to a few in my life, but we don't have any in my city or close by. But if I come across one when I'm traveling, I usually will visit and see what they have to offer.

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (129117)

• Gainesville, Florida

12 Oct 25

@JudyEv I think I do remember that from watching tv shows about the olden days!

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