IRON, CURLING

Description: .1 1 CM HT. X 3.8 CM WTH. X 14.3 CM LTH. TRU-WAVE PAT. OCT. 1926 AND 1823434 OTHERS PENDING. AND "MADE IN U.S.A." STAMPED ON TOP OF WAVER. CONSTRUCTED SIMILAR TO MODERN BARRETTE EQUIPPED WITH METAL SLIDE IN CENTRE WITH TEETH FOR WAVING HAIR. .2 HAIR WAVER. 2 CM HT. X 3.8 CM WTH. X 14.3 CM LTH. TRU-WAVE PAT. OCT. 1926 AND 1823434 OTHERS PENDING AND "MADE IN U.S.A."STAMPED ON TOP WAVER. CONSTRUCTED SIMILAR TO MODERN BARRETTE. EQUIPPED WITH METAL SLIDE IN CENTER WITH TEETH FOR WAVING HAIR.

History: *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ARTIFACTS IN RELATED LOCATIONS. IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONTACT NEXT-OF-KIN, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE IMMEDIATE NEXT-OF-KIN ARE DECEASED. LETHBRIDGE HERALD RESEARCH INDICATES THAT HARRY BOWEN WAS MARRIED TO LILLY HOLLAND LATHAM IN 1913. MRS. BOWEN ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE FROM HER HOME IN CROWE, ENGLAND – ALSO THE HOMETOWN OF HARRY BOWEN’S FATHER – THE DAY BEFORE THE COUPLE’S WEDDING. AFTER THEIR WEDDING, THE COUPLE SETTLED ON BOWEN’S RANCH IN MAGRATH. HARRY AND LILLY BOWEN HAD TWO CHILDREN, LATHAM AND MARJORIE “GRACE”. A NOTICE IN A 1926 EDITION OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD STATES HARRY BOWEN WAS ELECTED SCHOOL TRUSTEE FOR THE LENS SCHOOL DISTRICT. ACCORDING TO HER OBITUARY, LILLY BOWEN PASSED AWAY IN 1952 AT 68 YEARS OF AGE. NO OBITUARY WAS FOUND FOR HARRY BOWEN, BUT A NOTE IN THE PERMANENT FILE READS THAT HE WAS DECEASED THE SAME YEAR OF DONATION (1964). PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19641223000 FOR MORE INFORMATION.