Package of black metal hairpins enclosed in pink paper wrapping.
hairpins
hair accessories
metal
paper (fiber product)
Container, Hairpin
Box, Hairpin
Box, Hairpin
Printed label on paper wrapping: [exterior] ""NONE OTHER ARE GENUINE/ BUT THOSE BEARING THE NAME OF/ THE FIRM IN FULL/ KIRBY, BEARD & CO/ LONDON/ BRIMINGHAM/ PARIS/ REDDITCH/ SUPERIOR/ HAIR/ PINS/ KIRBY BEARD & CO/ TRADEMARK/ 3-1/2/ GOLDMEDAL. AMSTERDAM/ EXHIBITION OF 1883/ MADE IN ENGLAND"" [interior] ""THE/ SCIENTIFIC/ HAIR PIN/ (PATENTED IN AMERICA)/ SOLE MANUFACTURERS/ KIRBY, BEARD & CO, LIMITED/ CURVED TO FIT SHAPE OF HEAD, PRACTICAL IN SHADE & MORE/ COMFORTABLE TO USE THAN ANY OTHER PIN/ FASTENS THE HAIR MORE SECURELY/ & DOES NOT FALL OUT/ SOLD BY/ ALL THE/ LEADING/ NOTION HOUSES/ IN THE/ UNITED STATES.""
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Kirby Beard & Co. (Maker)
London, England
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.7189.6
Title WIRE Accession Number 1969.7189.7
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