Hair Dryer

Object/Artifact

-

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Hair Dryer

Entry/Object ID

2014.033.001 a-e

Description

Eaton Vanity Fair Custom Hair Dryer a) Main mechanism. Round, flat bottomed white plastic housing with stepped, flat-top, domed addition, upper portion slopes upward, lower portion vertically ribbed. Metallic gold-coloured plastic dial in the center allows user to change temperature, reads: “OFF/ COOL/ LOW/ MED/ HOT”. Upper inside edge surrounded by air vents. White electrical cord, unpolarised NEMA 1 plug, between prongs reads: “FLECK/ 21 [the 2 is mirror image]”. Blower tube projects horizontally from base with metallic plastic ring around end, and metal grid inside at. Hose/tube attaches using twist-and-lock mechanism. Base reads: “EATON’S OF CANADA/ VOLTS 115 WATTS 240/ A-65 60 CY. A.C. ONLY/ MOD. 1871-A [CSA certification mark] LR. 1158” b) Long flexible, ribbed, clear plastic hose, with a spiraling off white coil, attaches to main mechanism and bonnet cap with off-white hard plastic twist-and-lock mechanism at each end of hose. c) Off-white vinyl bonnet cap with gold floral pattern resembles a large, thicker shower cap. Off-white lining. Elastic drawstring used for adjusting bonnet cap. Circular holes in both lining and outer layer allow air to vent through evenly to dry hair, and allow moisture to escape. There is a hole with hard plastic ring which hose attaches to and blows air between inner and outer linings. d) Rectangular light mint-green coloured cardboard box with very dark green borders on each face, and decorative flowers in solid white or dark green outlines in lower right corners of front and back. Front reads “EATON/ Vanity Fair/ CUSTOM” in dark green in upper left corner, and “HAIR/ DRYER” in white in upper right corner. Upper right corner has a white EATON’S $10.99 price sticker. Back reads: “EATON’S/ Vanity Fair/ CUSTOM” in dark green in upper left corner, and “SÈCHE/ CHEVEUX” in white in upper right corner. Sides list features of hairdryer - one side in English, opposing side in French. Top reads: “EATON’S/ Vanity Fair/ CUSTOM” in dark green on left, and “HAIR DRYER” in white on right on English side, and “EATON/ Vanity Fair/ CUSTOM” in dark green on left, and “SÈCHE/ CHEVEUX” in white on right on French side. Bottom of box held together with four heavy-duty staples. Stamped on bottom is Acme Paper Products certification. e) One small mint coloured Velcro hair curler in box.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Tonkin, Robert

Notes

Accession Date: 07-Sep-14 Mode of Acquisition: Gift

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

dryer, hair dryer

Created By

Brunckhurst, Elise

Create Date

September 21, 2014

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

May 27, 2025