CURLER

Description: BOTH PIECES IDENTICAL, BARETTE STYLE. MINOR CORROSION THROUGHOUT.

History: BELONGED TO DONOR'S MOTHER & MAY DATE TO PRE-W.W.I. **UPDATE - 28 FEB 2020: INTERVIEW WITH CURLERS’ DONOR MARY LEISTER CONDUCTED BY ELISE PUNDYK ON 10 JANUARY 2019. ON THE CURLERS THEMSELVES, LEISTER COMMENTED: “I REMEMBER GIVING THOSE CURLERS A LONG TIME AGO AND THEY BELONGED TO MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, MRS. (ANNA) LEISTER, MY HUSBAND’S MOTHER. I HAD NEVER SEEN THEM IN MY TIME OF HAIR DRESSING SO I THOUGHT, “WELL, I’LL JUST KEEP THEM.” I KNOW THAT SHE USED THEM A LOT. SHE HAD BEAUTIFUL GREY HAIR. IT WAS STRAIGHT. BUT SHE’D - KINKED IT UP AND IT LOOKED LIKE WAVES, YOU KNOW, BY PUTTING THE HAIR IN BETWEEN THESE TWO, LOOSE RODS AND CLAMPING THEM DOWN AND THEY TURNED OUT TO BE KINKY, YOU KNOW. IT WAS QUITE INTERESTING.” MARY TOLD MUSEUM STAFF THAT SHE FOUND THE CURLERS IN A DRAWER UPON CLEANING UP ANNA’S ESTATE. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW CONDUCTED WITH MARY LEISTER.