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Beauty or Torture?
In the early 1900’s a woman who desired curls either had to heat curling irons over a flame or sleep with rags and pins in her hair. But a new machine promised to change all that. Enter the permanent wave … [Read More...]
The Monitor Top Refrigerator
General Electric did for the refrigerator what Ford did for the automobile. Believe it or not, in 1922 a Model-T Ford cost about $450 while an electric refrigerator cost $714, … [Read More...]
One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure
Working at the museum is always a learning experience and we recently had a very fortunate learning experience. As we were sorting through artifacts to display, we found an old iron piece that appeared to be a … [Read More...]