There Will Be Curls

Reminisce: Pics from the Past

Cheryl gets a back-to-school perm in the early 50s, looking positively mortified by the tentacles of the electric permanent wave machine, which brings to mind an early prototype of R2D2. Twin sister Carol had hers done as well, and the results speak for themselves.

7 thoughts on “There Will Be Curls”

  1. Oh no. No way. Get that thing away from me. Electric octopus bad. Bad. Funny though, I can recall my Grandmother telling all us kids, boys and girls both, to always eat our (carrots or bread crust I can’t remember which) so that we would have curly hair. Instead I got a bald spot. A big one.

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