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Hair dryer from Minneapolis beauty shop
Hair dryer from Minneapolis beauty shop
Titles: Hair dryer from Minneapolis beauty shop (Supplied title)
Description: Hair dryer on 4-legged rolling stand, chrome hive-shaped dryer bonnet has 'Helene/Curtis' & 'EMPRESS' on plaques at front & on-off switch at back, corded 'remote' switch for temperature control, manufactured by Helene Curtis Industries, A Division of National Mineral Company, New York, Los Angeles, & Chicago, 1941 patent date number & 1945 design patent date number; used by Pauline Young & son John E. Young at the African American-owned & operated Satin Doll Beauty Shop, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1950s-1991.
Dates
- 1950 - 1991 (Use)
Creation
- made by: Helene Curtis Industries
- used by: Satin Doll Beauty Salon
- used by: Young, Pauline
Identifiers
- Accession Number: 1993.61.69
Holding Type: 3D Objects
Quantity: 1 item
Format
- Content Category: artifacts
Measurements
- 57 inches height
- 26 inches width
Subjects
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Hair dryer from Minneapolis beauty shop