Duart Permanent Wave Machine, Standard cat. No 14
Duart Permanent Wave Machine, “Standard cat. No 14, Imperial, Serial #4929, 110 Volts ACDC, 15 amps. Duart Mfg. Co Litd., San Francisco, Chicago, New York.”Machine has a dial timer from 0 to 15 and a clock On/Off switch. DATE: 1940. Hair historian Jeff Hafler’s Beauty Bubble Salon and Museum in Twentynine Palms, California has a 1940s Duart Perm Machine once owned by one of Veronica Lake’s hairdresser, Earle Adams, who donated it.
Gabrieleen Tepidaire Permanent Hair Wave Machine Serial No. 180
Gabrieleen Tepidaire Permanent Hair Wave Machine Serial No. 1802, Model 100. 115 volts, 10 amps to be used on alternating current, front On/Off switch, 6 poles for heating and 30 clamps. Gibbs & Co. Distributor, “World’s Largest Mfgrs. & Distributor of Beauty Shop Supplies & Equipment.” Machine is 16” x 8” x 8” with metal chrome caps, and a long black plug with a rubber cord. DATED: 1951. “In January 1951, the Paul Hein Beauty Salon featured a new hairstyle called the Gabrieleen Tepidaire - Not a cold wave, not a hot wave, but anew wave.” Reprinted by Jeanne Andersen, a Trustee of the St. Louis Park Historical Society who stated, “This Timeline is intended as a chronology of some of the major events in the history of the Brookside neighborhood of St. Louis Park, Minnesota.”
Glass sign for Cecil s Beauty Parlour, Perm-Waveing
Glass sign for “Cecil’s Beauty Parlour, Perm-Waveing a Speciality, Marcel 75-Haircuts 35.” Letters painted gold with black outlines. Sign hangs from a metal chain. DATE: Late 1920s into the 30s.
Park Avenue Machineless Wave, Helene Curtis Industries, Chicago
Park Avenue Machineless Wave, Helene Curtis Industries, Chicago “ for professional use only, world’s largest manufacturer of products for the beauty shop,” 28 pads and 28 absorbents. Unopened Vacuum Sealed can.
Sun Aero Model Rex Hair Dryer
Sun Aero Model Rex Hair Dryer, “ Trade Mark Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. William Meyer Company, Chicago, Ill U.S.A, Dryer No x-1154. 50/60 Cycle, 110 Volts and 6 amps.” 10 different patent #s are listed. There is a turn dial for Hot, Cold and two for Off. There is a snap open cap over the opening for the oil.
