Name/Title
Box of Sta-Rite Hairpins, c. 1920s-1930sEntry/Object ID
2021.129.3Description
Acc. No. 21.129.3
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: c. 1920s / 1930s
Object: Box of hair pins
Description: A box of red cardboard, featuring a black-and-white photographic image of a woman in profile, and a picture of a hairpin, and stating 'Sta-Rite Hair Pins - They Stay In!' No. 502 1/3" invisible in black, but stamped over: Heavy Brown.
Inside box is divided into three areas, with 2 holding yellowish pins and 1 holding metal-colored or black pins. The pins have wide rounded ends on one side, and the ones matching the picture on the lid of the box, have a narrowed section and 3 crimps.
Size (box): L 3 x W 2 1/2 inches.
History of Object: A box of hairpins from the Fenn family, made by the Sta-Rite company, also holding some pins from another maker or style.
Acquired from: Elizabeth Anne Cate, daughter of Chester and Helga Fenn
Donation Date: c. 2012. Catalog Date: 11/18/2021
