Inventors Display New Gadgets. Non-priority hairpins are the invention of Mrs. Rose Lang, Buffalo, N.Y., housewife. Made of feathers and gaily decorative, they take place of hard-to-get metal hairpins. Miss Lillian Saffran of New York City is trying them out in this picture, taken at the 1942 Inventors' Exposition in New York City, where they were displayed.

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Inventors Display New Gadgets. Non-priority hairpins are the invention of Mrs. Rose Lang, Buffalo, N.Y., housewife. Made of feathers and gaily decorative, they take place of hard-to-get metal hairpins. Miss Lillian Saffran of New York City is trying them out in this picture, taken at the 1942 Inventors' Exposition in New York City, where they were displayed.

Wide World Photos, Inc. · [ca. June 1942]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

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