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  1. Iron, Crimping - Hair crimping iron

    Metal crimping iron with wood handles. For creating a hair style of deep soft waves. Dates back to the early 1920s. Ladies heated the metal over a wood stove or fire and then placed their hair between the tongs and metal plate to produce a crimp in their hair resulting beautiful waves.

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    Hair crimping iron
  2. Iron, Curling - Curling iron

    Curling Iron with oak handles. "Princess" is engraved on the metal. Patent date October 6, 1891.

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    Curling iron
  3. Iron, Curling - Curling iron

    Curling iron with black rubber? handles. Marked "Acier C" & "LRD(?) over an arrow above the word "Depose". Used by Agatha Grewe in her Winsted beauty shop in 1929. In 1872, Parisian hairdresser M. Marcel Grateau introduced his famous Marcel wave using a heated iron that imitated the natural curl of the hair. Hot tongs were applied to produce a curl rather than a crimp. This technique revolutionized the art of hairdressing all over the world. T...

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    Curling iron
  4. Iron, Curling - Curling iron

    Curling iron. All metal with tubes that fit over the handles. Used about 1929 by Agatha Grewe in her beauty shop in Winsted.

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    Curling iron
  5. Iron, Curling - Curling iron

    Curling iron. Used with curling iron heater 1979-0075-001 about 1905 in the Felton Vollmer residence at Winsted from electricity provided by a storage battery added to the dynamo which provided electricity for the mill. Metal with wooden handles.

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    Curling iron
  6. Iron, Curling - Curling iron

    Curling iron. Belonged to Nels Torgrimson, Bergen Township, and was stored in handmade carpenter's chest 2011-0090-001.

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    Curling iron
  7. Iron, Curling - Curling iron

    Marcel all metal curling iron.

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    Curling iron
  8. Iron, Curling - Curling iron

    Acier "C" Dura all metal curling iron.

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    Curling iron
  9. Iron, Curling - Curling iron

    Curling iron for hair. Marked "Oxford". Black wooden handles. Used to create a Marcel hair style of deep soft waves. The Marcel Wave (sometimes spelled Marcelle) was a stylish wave given to the hair by means of heated curling irons. It was named for Francois Marcel, 19th century French hairdresser who invented the process in 1872. It revolutionized the art of hairdressing all over the world and remained in vogue for over fifty years, making a...

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    Curling iron
  10. Iron, Curling - Curling iron

    Curling iron. Belonged to Inez Hatz Peters when she was about 25 years old (1928). She heated it in the globe of an oil lamp or in a coal stove. Note the singed marks on the handles.

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    Curling iron
  11. Iron, Curling - Curling iron

    All metal 19th century curling iron with very slender handles. Marked "Acier G". Possibly made in France, where the fad of ironing or curl ironing hair began. The irom was heated on a stove. Used to create a Marcel hair style of deep soft waves. The Marcel Wave (sometimes spelled Marcelle) is a stylish wave given to the hair by means of heated curling irons. Named for Francois Marcel, 19th century French hairdresser who invented the process in...

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    Curling iron
  12. Iron, Curling - Curling iron

    Curling iron with white wooden handles. It was put in a lamp chimney to heat and was used by Margaret Abbott.

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    Curling iron
  13. Iron, Curling - Curling iron and electric receiver

    Curling iron and electric receiver for heating the iron. Heater made by Gibbs and Co., Chicago. Serial No. 11752. Belonged to Clara Rasmussen who operated the C R Beauty Salon at 29 McLeod Avenue, Hutchinson, MN. Donors Marlin & Ruth Torgerson purchased her salon on contract for deed and established the Marlin & Ruth's Beauty Salon at the same location in 1963. They were given the curling iron by Clara. Later Marlin moved his salon to 145 1...

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    Curling iron and electric receiver
  14. Iron, Curling - Hair crimper

    All-metal hair crimper; dates back to the early 1920s. Ladies heated the metal over a wood stove or fire and then placed their hair between the tongs and metal plate to produce a crimp in their hair resulting beautiful waves. Used by women in the August/Doris Otto or Ruben/Martha Sanken family.

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    Hair crimper
  15. Iron, Curling - Hair crimper

    Wooden handled, antique metal hair crimper; dates back to the early 1920s. Ladies heated the metal over a wood stove or fire and then placed their hair between the tongs and metal plate to produce a crimp in their hair resulting beautiful waves. Belonged to Nels Torgrimson, Bergen Township, and was stored in handmade carpenter's chest 2011-0090-001.

    Record Type: Object

    Hair crimper

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