Modern Hair Ornamentation 1958

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Mayfair, London.

M/S of hands combing a white wig on a dummy's head, they dip some cotton wool in a jar of red dye and rub it over the strand. L/S of hair stylist Marcel Portman measuring the head of model Pat Marshall for a wig, another lady is stood next to him writing down the measurements,...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1343
Sort Number:
CP 204
Time in/Out:
01:47:55:00 / 01:50:25:00
Canister:
CP 204
Film ID:
81.20
Issue Date:
24/11/1958

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