Sujet

Electrical hot comb heater and hot comb, 1920s. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Electric hot combs were used to shape, style, and straighten hair. With few jobs open to them, hundreds of thousands of African-American women became beauticians and opened salons. The items in this collection belonged to Edna Stevens McIntyre (May 22, 1917-). She was born in Washington, DC but relocated to Duquesne, PA at the age of 7 or 8 after her mother died. She was raised by a paternal aunt, Ida Stevens Johnson. Edna McIntyre is the aunt of the donor, Linda Crichlow White.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_128

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

91,8Mo (2,7Mo) / 51,3cm x 44,8cm / 6064 x 5289 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black domestic education industry country electricity museum color comb electric industrial hair location century treatment household company appliance African American twenties African-American afro-american household appliance United States of America Colour Smithsonian Institution Domestic Appliance 1920s Educational Institution 20th century heritage American America USA scientific institution object united states Unknown cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC metal ceramic wood plastic and cloth equipment hair-straightening hot comb hot comb heater pressing comb Solar Electric Manufacturing Co straightening comb