Saturday, May 7, 2011

Norwalk, California: Home of Big Hair


(woman on left is same from salon chair photo above)

From the beauty salon to Bud’s Tacos.
Where will your bouffant take you?

Photos via
Ads in the 1969 Norwalk High School yearbook.

10 comments:

  1. tacos? i simply won't stand for that kind of talk.

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  2. $5 at that taco stand would feed all of the annual HHoF banquet guests! Norma, we'll cross out the "C,O,& S" on 'Tacos' for you, leaving "Ta", how's that?

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  3. I grew up in the 60s in a town adjacent to Norwalk. The urban legend was that Norwalk cholas carried razor blades in their beehives.

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  4. hi jason.
    my name is Jason and i think our name is the coolest thing ever no? LOL

    great images
    xoxo

    jasonitos.com

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  5. So what was the salon using that big ol' net for?

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  6. @Peenee: Backup for when the restraints fail.

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  7. Its nice to see people dress up and get pretty for a meal!

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  8. Norma - a taco is a just a taco. A bearded taco is something else.

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  9. @Cookie, but it goes so well with a "Fuzzy Naval."

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  10. The net is clearly there should there be a bouffant structural collapse.

    Actually, judging by the name of the salon, I think that must have been a tiki themed beauty salon. Which makes me very sad that I never went there.

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