[Ads-l] Antedating of "Hair Straightener"

[Shapiro, Fred]

hair straightener (OED 1898)

1848 New-York Daily Tribune 2 Sept. 3/3 (Newspapers.com)

"THE CROOKED SHALL BE MADE STRAIGHT" ... This divine truth will be literally fulfilled by the use of Dr. MAJOR's Hair Straightener.  It is intended for colored people, or such other people as may be afflicted with knotty, woolly or curly hair.

Fred Shapiro

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