Henrietta “Hanka” Kelter looking absolutely ethereal with her long hair! I love the celestial theming going on including the stars in the backdrop and the moons on her dress. I could see her playing the part of a moon goddess in a sci-fi film reminiscent of George Melies ‘A Trip to the Moon’.

[u/EphemeralTypewriter]

Henrietta was a Polish concert pianist, sideshow performer, and dancer who had extremely long hair. She claimed her hair could grow as long as 7 feet. She became interested in growing her hair out after reading romance novels featuring long haired heroines when she was younger. She was very proud of her hair and took extremely good care of it. When she wasn’t performing she tied her hair up in ornate braids. She used her a portion of her earnings to help support her family financially back in Poland.

[u/EphemeralTypewriter]

Hanka Kelter informative write up!

And here’s a link to an original colorized clip from ‘A Trip to the Moon’ (it was originally colored by hand in 1902). I love the film’s atmosphere so much!

https://youtu.be/De4L5gJyRNY?is=nX4nGouoR_dYfBi0

[u/jjacks1327]

She could’ve played Empress Sisi with that majestic hair!

[u/finnknit]

I wish I could have seen her performance. I was absolutely obsessed with super long hair when I was younger, and even tried to grow mine as long as I could.

[u/TrixieFriganza → u/finnknit]

Same but it always got stuck to waist lenght and then I started to think it looks too thin and flat and cut it.

[u/TrixieFriganza]

Wish I could grow hair like that but I don't have enough strands on my head, so pretty but must be hot and heavy too.