What was going on inside of your average Hamtramck, Michigan, beauty salon in 1941? America had entered the war, but life was still pretty leisurely at Caroll’s Beauty Salon as women and their daughters got done up with the aid of heavy-duty machinery and steel curlers. The kid with the gigantic rollers on her tiny head probably experienced major neck problems later in life. Enjoy the three-and-a-half minute silent home movie.
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