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The 1920 hair curler was a fascinating piece of early beauty technology — part practical tool, part theatrical contraption. In an era when women were embracing shorter bobs, soft waves and the new freedom of post‑Edwardian style, devices like this promised salon‑quality curls at home. The photograph from 1920 shows a Manhattan socialite using anContinue reading “Hair Curler (1920)”