CURLER

Description: WHITE PLASTIC CARRYING CASE WITH GREEN, DARK AND LIGHT BLUE FLOWERED STICKER COVERING SURFACE. TRIANGULAR IN SHAPE, WITH CARRYING HANDLE AT ONE END. METAL CLASP. MIRROR TAPED TO INTERIOR OF LID. BASE OF CASE HAS ALUMINUM PARTITIONED HOLDER FOR CURLERS. AT BACK IS COMPARTMENT FOR POWER CORD. 20 WHITE PLASTIC ROLLERS OF VARYING SIZES FIT VERTICALLY INTO CASE. 20 METAL CLASPS TO HOLD ROLLERS IN PLACE. HEAT SWITCH IN CASE/HEATING UNIT; MARKED NEARBY "LADY REMINGTON WHEN FINISHED DIAL OFF-UNPLUG". MIRROR IS NOT FASTENED SECURELY. C/W INSTRUCTION BOOKLET PRINTED ON FRONT IN GREEN AND BLACK "HOW TO USE AND CARE FOR YOUR LADY REMINGTON INSTANT HAIR CURLER" AND ON BACK "SPERRY RAND" "MADE IN U.S.A. BY REMINGTON ELECTRIC SHAVER", WITH ADDRESS. "PART #12547" "C 1969 S.R.C.". ALSO INCLUDES SECOND INSTRUCTION SHEET, SHOWING USE AND CARE OF HAIR ROLLERS, AS WELL AS WARRANTY. STRING ATTACHED THROUGH HOLE AT TOP.

History: BELONGED TO DONOR, FORMER CURATOR OF THE GALT MUSEUM. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING SEVERAL CLOTHING ITEMS DONATED BY CECILE MCCLEARY. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION COMES FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DONOR, CECILE MCCLEARY AND HER HUSBAND CHARLES MCCLEARY. CECILE HAD THE FOLLOWING TO SAY: “THESE ARE ELECTRIC HAIR CURLERS, AND I’M TRYING TO THINK OF WHEN I GOT THESE. IT WAS AFTER WE CAME BACK FROM FROBISHER BAY … IN THE ‘60S – AND YOU CAN SEE, IN THE INSIDE, THAT’S WHEN WE WERE ALL BOUFFANTED, SO THERE WERE DIFFERENT ONES, BUT THIS WAS MY SET … I THINK I QUIT DOING THAT [HAIRSTYLE] AT THE END OF THE ‘70S, EARLY ‘80S … YOU DIDN’T WEAR THEM TO BED, BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD AS CAN BE.” SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR A COPY OF THE INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT.