“In 1895, when I, King Camp Gillette, was 40, I first thought of the safety razor.” So, a decade ago, wrote the father of a great company, a great industry. The proud ring in his words was justified.

In the early 1920s, King Camp Gillette, who invented the self-named safety razor with disposable blades, had grand visions of building in the Palm Springs desert at the foot of the towering San ...

A 100-year-old Palm Springs compound built for King Camp Gillette, founder of a shaving empire, has hit the market for $6.5 million. Located in the affluent Mesa neighborhood, the property includes a ...