MACHINE, PERMANENT
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ELECTRIC PERM. MACHINE
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- STEEL, PLASTIC, ALUMINUM RUBBER, FELT, WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19780053000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ELECTRIC PERM. MACHINE
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- STEEL, PLASTIC, ALUMINUM RUBBER, FELT, WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 102
- Height
- 117.5
- Width
- 47.4
- Description
- SERIAL #CT3912233. .1 MACHINE. ABOVE DIMENSIONS. 2 SILVER HANDLES ON EACH SIDE. GRAY, RECTANGULAR "ZENITH" IN RED LETTERS. "SHELTON-THERMIQUE" ALSO WRITTEN ON IT. HAS A SILVER DOME ON TOP WHICH OPENS UP TO REVEAL SWITCHES & INSTRUCTIONS (A KNOB & A LIGHT ARE MISSING). DOORS HAVE WHITE PLASTIC HANDLES. INSIDE ARE 36 WIRES WHICH CAN BE PROPPED UP OR PACKED AWAY WHEN IT IS DOWN. ONE DRAWER IS MISSING. A BLACK CORD WITH TAPE COMES OUT OF MACHINE. 2 DRAWERS - 37 CM AND 30 CM. 2 PLASTIC HANDLES ON DRAWERS. .2 WOODEN BOX. 27.3 CM LTH. X 18 CM WTH. 4 PIECES. 4 COMPARTMENTS. HAS "R" WRITTEN IN PENCIL ON ONE SIDE. .3 CURLER HOLDER CLIPS. 6.3 CM LTH. X 3.2 CM HT. BLACK PLASTIC HANDLES. (51) CURLER'S CLIPS ALL TOGETHER. HAVE "S" EMBOSSED ON HANDLES. (2) OF THE CLIPS HAVE A WIDER CLIP & ROUND PLASTIC HANDLES. (4) OF THE CLIPS HAVE BROKEN HANDLES. 1 CLIP HAS A WIDER CLIP AND A STEEL HANDLE. .4 CURLER HOLDER. 33 PIECES. 7.6 CM LTH. X 3.2 CM HT. MADE OF ALUMINUM, ALL BUT 5 HAVE "EVERDUR" WRITTEN ON THEM. PAT NO.'S: 33820, 326017, 34457, 170865, 1883828, 1892107, 1990547. 35 TOTAL. .5 CURLERS. 9 CM LTH. X 1 CM WTH. 2 CURLERS. 6 HAIR CLIPS. 8.3 CM LTH. X 2.2 CM WTH. HAVE BLACK RUBBER ON THEM. 2 OUT OF THE 7 CLIPS HAVE "SHELTON SHELTON" ENGRAVED ON THEM. CLIP OPENS UP IN THE MIDDLE & SPLITS. PAT. NO.'S: 1, 778,831; 756,837; 1,790,727. .7 SMALL BROWN CLOTHS. 73 IN TOTAL.. 8 RECTANGULAR FELT & RUBBER (ONE SIDE FELT; THE OTHER RUBBER. HAVE SLITS IN MIDDLE 7.6 CM LTH. X 3.8 CM WTH. (44 IN TOTAL). .9 SAME AS .8 BUT LARGER, 8.3 CM LTH. X 6 CM WTH. .10 SPONGES (HAVE SLITS IN MIDDLE). 3.8 CM WTH. X 7.6 CM LTH. 6 IN TOTAL. LIGHT BROWN.
- Subjects
- TOILET ARTICLE
- Historical Association
- BUSINESS
- History
- MODERN EQUIPMENT IS SMALL UNIPERM. DONOR HAS HAD MACHINE SINCE 1952, SHE USED IT IN HER BEAUTY BUSINESS (BEL-AIRE BEAUTY SALON) - MACHINE CAME WITH THE BUSINESS. DONOR RETIRED IN 1969. SHE CAME ORIGINALLY FROM SASKATCHEWAN. THE MACHINE IS IN GOOD CONDITION, BUT OWNER DOES NOT KNOW IT IT CONTINUES TO WORK.
- Catalogue Number
- P19780053000
- Acquisition Date
- 1978-05
- Collection
- Museum
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