by Erin Conlon Mother’s Day is right around the corner, and moms have been treating themselves for the occasion for decades, including in 1962, as evidenced by a Greenpoint Weekly Star advertisement for women’s hairstyling for just $5 (even with inflation, that’s about $52 today… still a far cry from what most salons will cost you, but there may also be fewer fumes to ingest these days).
At the time, Lady Windsor salon was advertising a ‘wave and…
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