Author: Barbara Prynn

Item Reference: 008287
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: Pink G.E.C. Electric hand held hair dryer with gun style handle and compact nozzle. Sticker on back ‘GEC Cat no. DM397A, Volts 230/250, Watts 400, 50 cycles AC only, Br Rg Des 872680, Br Pat no 761583 A91 Made in England’ White and red control buttons on handle. overall dimensions 160 x 240mm. With flex but no plug.
Date: 1950s
Further Information: An advert from 1957 states that the moto fan blades are made of cellulose acetate because of its exceptional toughness. Graces guide has whole history of the General Electric Company of which the domestic market was a small division.
Links: Museum of Design in Plastics Arts University Bournemouth 

Item Reference: 008291
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: Blue and cream hand crocheted heart shaped ‘hair tidies’, 90 x 140mm. Each with four blue cotton pom poms attached. Accompanying envelope states, ‘These used to hang on dressing tables to collect hair combings?’
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Item Reference: 008293
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: Box 1, Floral design, Dubarry, 120 x 80mm (wrongly labelled as hairpins); 2 x pins on blue card of Newey Hat pins; 2 x pins on white card; 13 x pins on black card; 9 x pins, loose, various lengths. Also 2 x wrapped hat pins on white card. Box 2, Black and white cardboard box, 105 x 40 x 35mm. 15 x assorted hatpins, all approx 80mm in length with
variously decorated ends. 1 x hairpin. 1 x plastic butterfly hair grip.
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Links: birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/newey-brosltd8839/

Item Reference: 008294
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: One hatpin 90mm long with large gold and ‘diamante’ end.
Date: 1930s/40s
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Item Reference: 008295
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: Rectangular glass bottle, no stopper. 85 x 40 x 30mm. ‘Harlene for the hair’, embossed on front, ‘sample’ embossed on both sides, logo and 595 embossed on bottom.
Date: 1890s
Further Information: Manufactured by/for Edwards “Harlene” Co. 95/96 High Holborn London WC. Advert from1896 describes the product “restores the hair, promotes the
growth, arrests the fall, strengthens the roots.” In 1903 Edwards registered the word Harlene as a Trade Mark (T
Links: hairraisingstories.com/Products/HARLENE.html

B6_008299 Wave Perming Set
Item Reference: 008299
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: ‘The Butywave Wavesetter’ set. Card from the packaging states, ‘Perm Wave your hair at home’ on one side, and ‘The Buty Wave wavesetter, British Made, Manufactured under Licence by The Butywave Co. 10 Tachbrook Street, London SW1. English Patent no. 328215’ on the other. An elasticated cap with 8 crosspieces and ribbons ties at either end is contained in a packet with instructions for use. Also leaflet describing other Butywave products. Blue rigid, curved plastic rod.
Date: 1920s
Further Information:
Links: https://.gracesguide.co.uk/Butywave_co

Item Reference: 008300
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: Metal tube 90mm long, diameter20mm. Designed to have a screw cap at either end, one cap missing. Heat resistant cover. Two rows of curved metal teeth 20mm long attached to tube.
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Further Information: Embossed on heat resistant tube cover is Letrik Com Ltd. 752871.
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Item Reference: 008601
Category: Personal Accessories (Ladies Hair)
Format: Artefact
Description: Circular blue plastic box, with clear plastic lid, 73mm diameter. Contains 38 x yellow plastic sticks (one end pointed, one end rounded) for holding rollers in place while
hair is drying. Small 40mm hinged metal clip/slide. Green elastic hair tie with 2 plastic green teddy bears attached.
Date: 1960s?
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