Schneider Electric Store - 1929

[swestoyz]

Not sure if you guys follow Shorpy, but a great photo was posted this morning. Interesting to see what was considered a luxuary electronic item before the depression!

Ben

http://www.shorpy.com/node/6205?size=_original

 

[panthera]

I swane

this is just beautiful, thanks!

 

[yogitunes]

in this day and age would be considered, MODERN and FANCY, a luxury if you will....

but great to see....you always heard about these times...but never got to see them....

thanks for the pic

 

[mixergal]

"And for heaven's sake...

don't smile when we get the picture taken!" Love the finger waves in the ladies hair as well as the drop-waisted flapper style dress. Boy, do they look like they hate their jobs though! I guess retail has always been a drugery

-Sherri

 

[whirlaway]

What Kind of Washer

Is that an ABC washer with a spinner tub,I cant really read it.Thanks Bobby

 

[abcomatic]

Thanks Ben for posting this. Whirlaway, yes that is an ABC spinner washer. The clerk with the finger waved hair, was finger waving also known as a Marceled hairdo? Just wondering. Gary

 

[whirlaway]

Thanks

Yes Gary thats a Marcel.When I was in fifth grade one of the teachers graduated from school in 28 and still wore a marcel and drove a 52 blk Chevy 4dr,she was mean as a snake never married.One day I passed by the teachers lounge and she was sitting in there laughing and smoking,I decided maybe she was putting up a front,which she was.She lived to be 95 and gardened and smoked up till then. Bobby

 

[ptcruiser51]

Marcel Wave

Done with a hand-held pressing iron. Finger waves would not be as tight and generally combed-out into a softer look. Memories from my days at the Wilfred Academy of Beauty

Love the toy electric trains in the rear glass case on the left. So big! The wall calendar says May 2, I'm surprised such a seasonal thing would still be offered for sale.