These items would have been worn or used by a woman in the early 20th century for decorative purposes.These items have no known provenance and are retained for display purposes.These are two necklaces, one red double stringed and one amber coloured with graduated glass beads. Both are tied together with cotton. Attached to the cotton is one metal pin and one metal hair curler. beads, hair curler, house hold items

These hair pins were used to secure the fashionable hairstyles of the 20thC. Women could either manage their hair style themselves or attend a Hairdresser at a Salon.A box of 5 packs of 50 waved,hairpins made by Kirby-Beard Pty Ltd. Packs are wrapped in green paper. These pins became known as 'french hairpins' commonly used for 'up styles' of long hair- chignons, french roll etc,Paper wrapper STANDARD / KIRBY- BEARD/ Reg / QUALITY / HAIR PINS Box : SMEERKAAS 40 moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, hairstyles, combs, hairpins, early settlers, hairdressing, coiffure, kirby-beard pty ltd

Envelop containing hair netThe 'Globe' Invisible Hair Net/Real Human Hair/ Georges of Collins Streetpersonal effects-toilet requisites, hairdressing

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coloured Theatre Program : good condition hair - the tribal love rock musical, athenaeum theatre, elston hocking & woods, nigel triffitt, graeme blundell, david atkins

Photographs taken by teacher at Pleasant Creek Training Centre to help train students in living skills and becoming familiar with what shops sold. Part of socializing students for leaving the training centre.Main Street Stawell. Showing shops and businesses in Main Street. education, shops, main street, streetscape

Photographs taken by teacher at Pleasant Creek Training Centre to help train students in living skills and becoming familiar with what shops sold. Part of socializing students for leaving the training centre.Main Street Stawell. Showing shops and businesses in Main Street. education, shops, main street, streetscape

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1 small plastic box of mixed Hair pins with Pearl heads. 1 larger green cardboard box of hair pins.Green cardboard box: "The 'Teesonia' Hair Wavers Made in England"hairpins, perming equipment

Folding cardboard packet containing hair pins, gold outer & blue inside labelled The Hump Hair Pin with depiction of a camel on front and a woman looking in mirror inside, contains 7 pins.Made by the Hump Hair Pin MFG Co Chicagopersonal effects, hairdressing, pins

Marcelling is a hair styling technique in which hot curling tongs are used to induce a curl into the hair. Its appearance was similar to that of a finger wave but it is created using a different method. Marcelled hair was a popular style for women's hair in the 1920s and 30s often in conjunction with a bob cut. For those women who had long hair, it was common to tie the hair at the nape of the neck and pin it above the ear with a stylish hairpin or flower. Accounts vary about the invention of the style, but Marcel Grateau (1852–1936) is widely credited with inventing the hair styling technique in the 1870s. He started with a small salon in Montmartre, Paris where his clients were the poorer classes. As he developed the waving method that would later become the Marcel wave, using heated curling irons, The inventor and stylist emigrated to the United States and changed his name to François Marcel Woelfflé, sometimes reported as François Marcel. He was granted U.S. patents for implements for performing the technique; the first, U.S. patent 806386, entitled "Curling-Iron", was published in 1905, and the second, entitled "Hair-Waving Iron", for an electric version, under the name François Marcel, was published in 1918. His obituary appeared under the name Francois Marcel Grateau in 1936. Originally the irons had to be heated in the fire, but hair easily got burnt until 1924 when electric irons were invented and the temperature could be regulated. A significant item that gives us a snapshot not only into women's hairstyles of the 1920s and 1930s but a look into the social norms of that era. Therefore the item is of social interest in regards to the story it tells and the development of women's fashion in hair styling.Marcel Tongs, metal, used to impart a hair wave by heating and crimping the hairNoneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, tongs, curling tongs, hairdressing

Curling irons, also known as curling tongs, create waves or curls in the hair. Clipless wands have no clamp, and the user simply wraps hair around a rod and squeezes the two parts together. The metal curling irons were heated on the fire or the stove and then the hair could be clamped between these 2 rods to create a curl in the hair . A pair of steel, hair curling tongsEveready Englandtoiletries, hairdressing, curling tongs, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, early settlers, marcel waves, market gardeners

Hair curling tongs were used by women 1800 - 1950 to create appealing curls and ringlets in their hair. To achieve ringlets, the tongs were heated on a gas ring, stove top or flame and then thick weft of hair was wound around one side of the tongs. The tongs were then 'crimped' together and upon release a long ringlet of hair resulted . If the tongs were overheated the hair was singed producing a lingering malodour. A pair of lady’s steel tongs, with no clamp, for hair curling. toiletries, hairdressing, early settlers, market gardeners, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, marcel waves

Brown men's wig. Made from acrylic hair with mesh and lace (brown) insert with two clips - elasticised100% modacrylic fibre Japan Origin. Hair goods Made in Koreawig

Hair dressing scissors used in circa 1900Retailed by Holden and FrostSteel right handed hair dressing scissorshair dressing, scissors

Used for dressing hair and for brushing small items off clothes. One brush could have been used for boot polishing.Six assorted clothes and hair brushes in different shapes. All appear to have animal hair bristles.brushes bristle-brush hair-brush clothes-brush

Peach coloured card of six 'Ascot Hair Wavers' an extra large version of a Kirby clip. Dark painted steel. Various slogans printed across the card. Printed graphic at top of card.The Ascot Hair Wavers produce most beautiful effects.costume accessories, hair accessories, personal effects-toilet requisites, hairdressing

Used by women and girls to wave or crimp their hair, for styling their hair, hairdressing. The irons are heated and then applied to the hair and wound to form curls. Pre-dates electrically heated curlers.One set of curling tongs made of iron/steel, rusted. The tongs are two shaped metal pieces which clamp together over a tress of hair. One set of crimping tongs. These have two wavy iron shaped metal pieces which clamp over a tress of hair to produce crimpy waves.hair-crimpers-curlers hairdressing heated-curlers

Hair nets were used to hold unmanageable hair in place. Earlier nets were made from fine natural yarn but nylon replaced the natural fibres in latter years.2 hair nets in different shades of grey inside a small white paper bag.hair accessories, hair nets, personal effects, george evans collection

Plastic Hair decorations became very popular during 20thC because they were cheap and plentiful.2 plastic-like tortoiseshell, decorative hair combstoiletries, market gardeners, early settlers, moorabbin, bentleigh ormond, cheltenham, hairdressing

This clip was not made to be worn in the hair, it was made to create fingercurls, a style of hairdo very popular in the 1920's and 1930's. The 1920's and 30's saw new simple hairstyles. The hair was often short and cut into a bob shape and then curled or more commonly ornamented with fingerwaves. the children came in. These hairclips were used to hold the curl in place as the hair dried.These items are examples of women's hair accessories commonly used in the mid 20th century.Two metal butterfly clips for waving hair. They are spring hinged and probably made of aluminium.hair-accessories hair-clips

Hair nets were a popular hair accessory in the 1940’s for both daytime and work. They were a rayon or cotton crocheted net fitted with a headband. The band was worn around the top of the head and all of the hair would be encased in the snood. The band would have to be pinned in place. Many women of the 1940s and 1950s went to the beauty shop once a week to have their hair "done," then slept in hairnets every night to keep their "do" in place until the next visit. These hair nets were worn by Marjorie Burton. Marjorie Burton ( nee Whiteman), born 12 June, in Birmingham, England came to Orbost in 1995. In England she did office work – typing, shorthand and secretarial work - in accountants’ offices and also trained as a comptometrist with Burroughs in London. She came from a middle-class working church-going family. Her mother was a milliner who made manyof Marjorie’s clothes, hats and outfits. Marjorie married in 1938 to a salesman who later became a mechanic in the R.A.F. during WW11. These items are examples of women's hair fashion during the mid 29th century.Five women's hair nets. One is pale green and the others are brown.accessories hairnets-snoods burton-marjorie

Hair clippers are specialized implements used to cut human head hair. They work on the same principle as scissors, but are distinct from scissors and razors. :Hair clippers comprise a pair of sharpened comb-like blades in close contact one above the other which slide sideways relative to each other, a mechanism which may be manual or electrical to make the blades oscillate from side to side, and a handle. The clipper is moved so that hair is positioned between the teeth of the comb, and cut with a scissor action when one blade slides sideways relative to the other. Friction between the blades needs to be as low as possible, which is attained by choice of material and finish, and frequent lubrication. Hair clippers are operated by a pair of handles that are alternately squeezed together and released. Barbers used them to cut hair close and fast. The hair was picked up in locks and the head was rapidly depilated. Mid 20thC such haircuts became popular among boys, and young men in the military and in prisons. A set of hand held barbers’ hair clippers with an adjustable screw. Chrome plated, in good condition, c1950 barbers, hairdressing, hair clippers, grooming, horse clippers, steel manufacture, moorabbin, bentleigh, ormond, cheltenham, market gardeners,

A bobby pin (also known as a kirby grip or hair grip in the United Kingdom) is a type of hairpin, usually of metal or plastic, used in coiffure to hold hair in place. It is a small double-pronged hair pin or clip that slides into hair with the prongs open and then the flexible prongs close over the hair to hold it in place. They are typically plain and unobtrusively colored, but some are elaborately decorated or jeweled. Bobby pins became popular in the 1920s to hold the new bobbed hairstyles. (ref. Wikipedia). These items were owned by Marjorie Burton. Marjorie Burton ( nee Whiteman), born 12 June, in Birmingham, England came to Orbost in 1995. In England she did office work – typing, shorthand and secretarial work - in accountants’ offices and also trained as a comptometrist with Burroughs in London. She came from a middle-class, working, church-going family. Her mother was a milliner who mademost of Marjorie’s clothes, hats and outfits. Marjorie married in 1938 to a salesman who later became a mechanic in the R.A.F. during WW11 These items are examples of women's hair accessories commonly used in the mid 20th century.Two packets of hair clips and one unused packet of henna shampoo. 2483.51 is a a set of 17 bobby pins on paper. On the back of the card are directions for a Steiner hair style. 2483.52 is a pack of 3 Dinkie silver metal clips for hair styling on a card. 2483.53 is an unopened sachet of powdered Henna shampoo. It is white with black text and green pictures.2483.51 - Kirbigrip 6d made in England Kirby Beard & Co 2483.52 - Made in England 2483.53 - Societe Francaise de Henne, Paris "Perfect -a -wave"hair-accessories bobby-pins shampoo kirbigrips burton-marjorie