Remember This? Lets all be glad it's not the 1930s anymore

Remember This? Lets all be glad it's not the 1930s anymore

Pictured, at left, is a strange device designed to pull individual strands of hair from one's head. One. By. One. Just kidding! That's a perm machine from the 1930s. Still. Ouch, right? The Sault Ste.

Pictured, at left, is a strange device designed to pull individual strands of hair from one's head.

One.

By.

One.

Just kidding!

That's a perm machine from the 1930s.

Still.

Ouch, right?

The Sault Ste. Marie Museum, which holds this contraption in its collection, describes its operation thusly:

"Curlers suspended on chrome plated tubular stand, adjustable height by turning knob 'The Nestle-Le Mur Co., New York'

Used in the St. James Street beauty parlour Elsie's."

From the museum:

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In a time gone by, ladies prepared for the holidays with a new outfit from Gorman’s, Virene’s or Cunningham’s, a new pair of shoes and a new hairdo.

This is not a medieval torture device.

It was actually used to provide ladies with a perm.

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Each week, the Sault Ste. Marie Museum provides SooToday readers with a glimpse of the city’s past.

Find more entries here, and check out what the museum has to offer at www.saultmuseum.com

You can also check out LOCAL2's new Friday feature, The LOCAL2 Time Machine, which features historical images and video courtesy the Sault Ste. Marie Museum.