DRYER, HAIR

Description: 1. WHITE PLASTIC CIRCULAR CASE WITH TEXTURED VINYL EXTERIOR. SIDES COVERED IN SAME TEXTURED VINYL BUT IN GREEN. BRASS RING AT CLASP, WITH WHITE PLASTIC LOOPED HANDLE. LID TO CASE HINGED AT BACK. LID HAS PLATE READING "LADY SUNBEAM VISTA"; PLATE ON BOTTOM HAS MODEL INFORMATION AND "SUNBEAM CORPORATION CHICAGO, U.S.A. PAT. NO. 2,488,227, 3,006,079, D-194,201". INTERIOR OF CASE HAS MECHANICAL FIXTURES AT CENTRE, COVERED IN PLASTIC GRATE. DIAL AT RIGHT SIDE FOR TEMPERATURE SETTINGS. POWER CORD EXTENDS FROM LEFT SIDE; WINDS AROUND CENTRE PIECE. PLASTIC TUBE, 104.1CM L X 3.3CM D, EXTENDS FROM LEFT SIDE OF BASE; ALSO WINDS AROUND CENTRE PIECE FOR STORAGE. END OF TUBE HAS WHITE PLASTIC FIXTURE WHICH CONNECTS TO CAP (2). RUBBER STRAP ACROSS INTERIOR OF LID IS BROKEN AT ONE END. 2. VINYL CAP. EXTERIOR IS CREAM COLORED WITH GOLD BRANCH PATTERN; LINED WITH PLAIN WHITE VINYL. TWO ELASTICIZED DARTS AT FOREHEAD; ELASTICIZED ALONG HEM AT FRONT. BACK HAS SHOELACE DRAWSTRING. WHITE METALLIC FLOWER BROOCH ON FRONT OF CAP. BACK REVERSE OF CAP HAS FIXTURE FOR CONNECTING TUBE IN CASE; AIR PASSES BETWEEN CAP EXTERIOR AND LINING AND THROUGH NUMEROUS HOLES PERFORATED IN CAP, TO DRY HAIR.

History: DONOR'S PARENTS CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1902 FROM ENGLAND (R.V. MAYNARD & PHYLLIS GLAYZER); MARRIED IN 1909. FATHER WORKED AT MINE OFFICE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. DONOR BORN IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1914. TRAINED AS NURSE IN VANCOUVER; ALSO LIVED IN MONTREAL AND HAMILTON. SHE RETURNED IN 1974 TO STAY WITH HER MOTHER. HER BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS CITY MANAGER TOM FERGUSON. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS INTERN KIRSTAN SCHAMUHN CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS. SCHAMUHN SPOKE WITH DOROTHY RICHARDS’S DAUGHTER, JUDITH MCILWRAITH, REGARDING HER MOTHER’S PRIOR DONATIONS. NO FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS OBJECT WAS DETERMINED UPON CONTACTING NEXT-OF-KIN. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19990010000 FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING ARTICLES REGARDING THE FAMILY HISTORY.