Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1994.057.009 |
Object Name |
Clipper, Hair |
Title |
Barber's Hair Clippers |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Date |
1926+ |
Year Range from |
1926 |
Year Range to |
1945 |
Made |
Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. |
Place of Origin |
Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America |
Description |
No. OA BROWN & SHARPE Mfg. Co. barber's hair clippers, patented Dec. 7, 1926. The clippers are silver-toned and realtively large. The pivot at the centre has a wing nut for adjusting the action. |
Provenance |
Manufactured in Providence, Rhode Island by the Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co., and they were patented on Dec. 7, 1926. Provenance unknown. Owned by Stanley C. Michael, also known as Stan Michael, who had a barbershop at Leith, Grey County. He also worked in Owen Sound at Wm. Kennedy & Sons Ltd. in the 1940s. Last owned by his wife, Islay Michael of Owen Sound. |
Collection |
Toiletry & Cosmetic Collection |
Material |
Metal |
Dimensions |
W-5 L-18 D-3 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Michael, Stanley |
Subjects |
Barbershops Barbering Barbers Hair |
Search Terms |
Leith (Village of) |