Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Curls were one of the top "must have" items for high school picture day in 1939. Pictured above is Dorothy Anderson.
Pictured above is Dorothy Bichler.
Pictured above is Peggy Elfson.
Pictured above is Virginia Parsons.
If popular culture has taught us anything about the early days of the teenage dating scene, it is that girls were often using an excuse similar to, "I'm busy that night. I'll be washing my hair."
To be honest, I never really understood. I was always kind of a wash and go kind of gal. But as we know, life (and style) hasn't always been so simple.
The actual process of washing the hair might not have taken that much longer than what you and I are accustomed. The real chore came in styling and drying the hair.
Heating elements have been around for a long time, and the museum has a variety, but that is for another day. For now, suffice it to say- early styling elements were risky. The number of tragedies that resulted from these tools were countless: singed hair, scalded scalps, burnt necklines.
The girls of the 1930s used a much more sensible approach to adding curls and dimension to their hair.
Some of the most popular curling techniques included pin rolls, which were let to fully air dry and set before removing the curl and working into delicate finger rolls.
The way each girl arranged her curls around her face was as unique as her beauty.
