Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

"PRACTICE AND SCIENCE OF STANDARD BARBERING"

Date Range From

1964

Date Range To

2001

Materials

PAPER, COTTON, INK

No. Pieces

5

Height

2.9

Length

20.9

Width

14.1

Description

A. BROWN BOOK, 20.9CM LONG X 14.1CM WIDE X 2.9CM TALL. BOOK HAS BLACK TEXT AND IMAGE ON COVER AND SPINE; SPINE HAS BLACK TEXT PRINTED, “PRACTICE AND SCIENCE OF STANDARD BARBERING, MILADY XIV”; FRONT COVER HAS IMAGE OF A MAN HOLDING A RAZOR IN A RECTANGLE, WITH BLACK TEXT PRINTED, “PRACTICE AND SCIENCE OF STANDARD BARBERING, BY S.C. THORPE”. BOOK HAS BROWN CLOTH COVER; INSIDE COVER HAS HANDWRITTEN TEXT IN BLUE INK, “A.R.”; FRONT PAGE OF BOOK HAS HANDWRITTEN TEXT IN BLUE INK, “ANNA REDEKOP, M.I.T. WPG. MAN.” AND HANDWRITTEN TEXT IN PENCIL, “5.00”. BOOK PAGES ARE YELLOWED; COVER IS WORN ON FRONT, SPINE, AND BACK; OVERALL VERY GOOD CONDITION. B. NEWSPAPER CLIPPING, 13.9CM LONG X 9.9CM WIDE. CLIPPING IS OF “DEAR ABBY” COLUMN FROM “BALD, BOTHERED, AND BEWILDERED”. NEWSPAPER CLIPPING HAS WORN EDGES FROM BEING CUT OUT; CLIPPING IS YELLOWED AND HAS MINOR CREASING ON FRONT; OVERALL VERY GOOD CONDITION. C. CARD CALENDAR, 9.5CM LONG X 5.9CM WIDE. CALENDAR HAS GREEN FRONT AND WHITE “M” LOGO, AND WHITE TEXT “THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA”. BACK OF CARD HAS 12-MONTH CALENDAR PRINTED IN BLACK INK; BACK OF CARD HAS BLACK TEXT AT TOP BESIDE PRINTED BLACK “M” LOGO, “THE MUTUAL LIFE OF CANADA CALENDAR FOR 1967”; BACK OF CARD HAS BLACK TEXT PRINTED AT BOTTOM, “BRUCE SEWART, 1111 PORTAGE AVE., WINNIPEG 10, MAN., SP. 5-2501 – VE. 2-4609”. CARD HAS MINOR DISCOLORATION ALONG TOP EDGE; CARD HAS MINOR SCRATCHES ON FRONT; OVERALL VERY GOOD CONDITION. D. PAPER CALENDAR PAGE, 10.8CM LONG X 12.7CM WIDE. CALENDAR PAGE HAS RED WRITING LINES BELOW; PAGE HAS BLACK PRINTED CALENDARS FOR “FEBRUARY 1958” AND “MARCH 1958” AT TOP; TOP OF PAGE HAS BLACK PRINTED BOX WITH TEXT INSIDE, “SAT.-SUN., 15-16, FEBRUARY”. PAGE HAS HANDWRITTEN TEXT IN BLUE INK ON TOP RED WRITING LINES, “RE FORM, BEN GOERTZEN ST. LAURENT MAN.”. PAGE HAS MINOR DISCOLORATION; PAGE HAS TORN EDGES AT TOP AND BOTTOM; OVERALL VERY GOOD CONDITION. E. WHITE PAPER, 8.1CM LONG X 10.6CM WIDE. PAPER HAS BLACK BORDER PRINTED ON FRONT; PAPER HAS BLACK PRINTED TEXT “YEARBOOK PURCHASE RECEIPT”. PAPER HAS HANDWRITTEN BLUE TEXT FILLING IN QUESTIONS PRINTED IN BLACK, “RECEIVED FROM, MRS. REDEKOP, ON THIS DATE, MARCH 23, PAYMENT TOTALING, 3.50, FOR FULL/PARTIAL PAYMENT DUE ON ONE COPY OF THE 19, 67, YEARBOOK.” PAPER HAS SIGNATURE AND “BALANCE DUE” LINES FILLED IN WITH BLUE HANDWRITTEN TEXT; PAPER HAS BLACK PRINTED TEXT AT BOTTOM, “THE ORDER FOR ONE YEARBOOK AS CONFIRMED BY THIS RECEIPT IS NOT SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION EXCEPT BY MUTUAL CONSENT.”. PAPER HAS RED HANDWRITTEN TEXT IN UPPER RIGHT CORNER, “121”; BACK OF PAPER HAS TEXT STAMPED IN PURPLE INK, “PROVINCE OF MANITOBA, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, MANITOBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, 2055 NOTRE DAME AVE.”. PAPER HAS MINOR DISCOLORATION; BACK OF PAPER HAS MINOR STAINING IN UPPER LEFT CORNER; LEFT EDGE OF PAPER HAS MINOR TEAR; OVERALL VERY GOOD CONDITION.

Subjects

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Historical Association

PROFESSIONS

History

ON JUNE 5, 2019, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED CAROL DARMODY REGARDING HER DONATION OF OBJECTS RELATED TO HER PARENTS, IRENE (NEE NAGY) AND JOHN FROUWS. ON HER MOTHER’S HAIRDRESSING, DARMODY RECALLED, “SHE TOOK THE HAIRDRESSING COURSE, I THINK IT WAS 1937, IN CALGARY, AND SHE REALLY LOVED HAIRDRESSING. SHE DID VOLUNTEER HAIRDRESSING FOR YEARS AT EDITH CAVELL, EVEN LATER IN LIFE. SHE TOOK IT VERY SERIOUSLY, AND LOVED DOING IT. SHE DID [HAIR FOR] NEIGHBOURS, FRIENDS, RELATIVES, BOYFRIENDS, GIRLFRIENDS, DAD…IT WAS ALWAYS A BIG PART OF HER LIFE…NOT REALLY FOR MONEY, JUST THE BARTERING THING, LIKE MAYBE SOMEONE WOULD MAKE HER COOKIES...” “[MOM] DIDN’T DO IT EVERY DAY, BECAUSE [HER AND MY DAD] WERE BUSY—AND THEY WOULD BABYSIT. [MY PARENTS] NEVER HAD GRANDKIDS, SO THEY BABYSAT ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS ON NORMANDY…IT WASN’T LIKE A COMMERCIAL OPERATION…AN AUNT WOULD PHONE, ‘I NEED MY HAIR CUT.’ ‘COME ON OVER.’ OR, SHE WOULD GO OVER THERE. AND, MY MOM ALWAYS DROVE, SO SHE WOULD GET AROUND.” “[DURING THE WAR, MOM WAS] HAIRDRESSING, AND WORKING FOR TCA, PREPARING FOOD FOR THE PILOTS.” “IT WOULDN’T BE A LOT [OF MONEY THAT SHE MADE]…BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULDN’T BE SPLURGING TO HAVE THEIR HAIR DONE [DURING THE 1930S AND 1940S]…MOM DOES REMEMBER DOING THE MADAME’S [HAIR]…I DON’T KNOW THE ONE…[THAT WAS WHEN] PROSTITUTES AND MADAMES WERE ALLOWED TO SHOP IN LETHBRIDGE [IN AMMENDMENTS TO THE INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT, DARMODY NOTED, "THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DISCRIMINATION TOWARD PROSTITUTES AT THE TIME. FOR A TIME, PROSTITUTES WERE ALLOWED TO SHOP IN LETHBRIDGE ONLY ONE DAY PER WEEK"], BUT SHE DID HAVE A MADAME FOR SURE…MOM CONSIDERED HERSELF A GOOD HAIRDRESSER. MY FRIENDS MIGHT DISAGREE, BUT…SHE DID HAVE A FEW INTERESTING CLIENTS, FOR SURE, WHEN SHE STARTED…[IN THE] LATE ‘30S, DURING THE WAR…IT SHOULD BE NOTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME, MOM DIDN’T KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST HAIR STYLES. WHEN I BECAME A YOUNG ADULT, I OFTEN REFUSED TO LET HER CUT OR STYLE MY HAIR.” ON WHERE HER MOTHER DID HAIR, DARMODY SHARED, “I CAN’T REMEMBER HOW THAT WORKED…THERE IS NO PICTURE OF MOM IN A SHOP, SO I’M NOT SURE. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN HAIRDRESSING PLACES…THE MADAME MIGHT HAVE COME TO THE HOUSE. MOM WOULD HAVE HAD AN APARTMENT.” DARMODY ELABORATED ON HER MOTHER’S PASSION FOR HAIRDRESSING, NOTING, “SHE NEVER STOPPED [DOING HAIR]. WELL, WHEN SHE GOT ALZHEIMER’S, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS FOR HER TO HAVE SCISSORS, SO SHE PROBABLY STOPPED LATE…CLOSE TO 2000…SHE LOVED IT…EVEN JUST TO CUT DAD’S HAIR, AND THE ODD NEIGHBOR’S HAIR. SHE USED A RULER [TO MEASURE THE LENGTH TO BE CUT] WITH MINE. I DON’T THINK I LET HER [CUT MY HAIR WHEN I BECAME AN ADULT]…IN THE EARLY ‘90S, SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN VOLUNTEERING A LOT AT EDITH CAVELL, AND IT’S KIND OF IRONIC, BECAUSE IT BOTHERED HER, GOING TO THE NURSING HOME, BECAUSE SHE KNEW ALL THESE PEOPLE [SHE OFTEN WOULD BE UPSET TO SEE PEOPLE SHE KNEW FROM THE PAST SUFFERING FROM ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND NEGLECT]…SHE WOULD MAKE THEM FEEL HAPPY [BY DOING THEIR HAIR]…IT WAS FREE…SHE DIDN’T DO IT FOR MONEY. THEN, SHE ENDS UP IN A SIMILAR SITUATION [BEING PLACE IN CARE FACILITY IN 2001, BECAUSE SHE HAD ALZHEIMER’S], BUT DAD DEALT WITH HER HAIR. HE WOULD JUST CUT IT STRAIGHT, BUT IT SUITED HER.” “SHE WAS A BIT MORE EXTROVERTED THAN DAD, AND JUST THAT CLOSE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE, AND MAKING SOMEONE FEEL HAPPY, WHOEVER THAT PERSON WAS. AND, IF THAT PERSON DIDN’T HAVE MONEY, IT DIDN’T MATTER – JUST MAKING THEM FEEL BETTER.” FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION AND COPIES OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE P20190010001-GA.

Catalogue Number

P20190010012

Acquisition Date

2016-06

Collection

Museum

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