Breck Girl

The First Breck Girl
1936

Olga Nelson Atkins, Breck Girl in 1936, was the first in a long line of Nordic beauties who sold the Breck shampoo based on long held American values for fifty years.  The Breck Girls represented the ideal American woman: desirable and chaste. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nordic Hair

  • Fine
  • Shiny
  • Light in color
  • Hair is a primary racial characteristic.
  • Depicted as a halo in religious paintings
  • No decent White person would ever hurt their hair.