CURLER

Description: 1. ROLLER WITH REMOVABLE CLIP. 5.6 CM (L) X 1.9 CM (D). PINK PLASTIC ROLLER WITH SIX ROWS OF SHORT TEETH. SLIGHTLY TAPERED TOWARD CENTRE OF ROLLER. INCLUDES PINK PLASTIC CLIP WITH ROUNDED TEETH FOR GRIP, WHICH FITS OVER ROLLER TO HOLD HAIR IN PLACE. MAY NOT BE ORIGINAL TO ROLLER. 2. PINK PERM ROLLER WITH HINGED CLIP. 5.8 CM (L) X 1.2 CM (W). NARROW ROLLER WITH CLIP HINGED TO ONE END. STAMPED "TONI" AND "MADE IN U.S.A.".

History: USED BY DONOR. SECOND ROLLER IS FROM TONI HOME PERM KIT. DONOR'S MOTHER IMMIGRATED WITH HER PARENTS IN 1890 AT AGE FOUR TO CARDSTON AREA. HER FATHER CAME TO MILK RIVER AREA IN 1908. BOTH PARENTS WERE FROM THE UNITED STATES. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING A SET OF HAIR CURLERS AND CLIPS DONATED BY NORAH THOMPSON. ATTACHED TO THE PERMANENT FILE IS A HARD COPY OF THE DONOR'S FUNERAL PROGRAM. IT STATES: "MRS. NORAH THOMPSON, BELOVED WIFE OF GORDON THOMPSON PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 15, 2004. BESIDES HER LOVING HUSBAND, NORAH IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER DOROTHY (WOLF) GIES OF ST. ALBERT; THREE SONS ROGER (SUSAN) OF IRVINE, ALBERTA, DONALD (BARBARA) OF LETHBRIDGE, AB, LYLE (KRISTA) OF CALGARY, AB... NORAH IS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS, ONE DAUGHTER (PATRICIA PEDERSEN), A SISTER AND A BROTHER." THE PROGRAM INCLUDES NORAH'S DATE OF BIRTH - JANUARY 10, 1925. *UPDATE* IN 2019, COLLECTIONS INTERN KIRSTAN SCHAMUHN CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH NEXT-OF-KIN, BUT NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS DISCOVERED. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19960101001 FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING COPIES OF ARTICLES REGARDING THE FAMILY HISTORY.