LU218

Print, Photographic, Digital

1944 Approximate

Lorcensis and Lorraine Mucha Shurson. Black and white digital image showing two young women, twin sisters, Lorcensis (Lorencie) and Lorraine (Lorayne) Mucha, new owners of the Twinette Beauty Shop in New Richland located in the old New Richland Hotel, also known as the Washburn Hotel.

A beauty shop naming contest was held in New Richland when the Mucha sisters opened their salon. The winning name submitted was the Twinette Beauty Shop. Lorraine Mucha (Lorayne Mucha) married Merle Shurson on June 26, 1945 and Lorcensis Mucha (Lorencie Mucha) married Stanley Shurson on October 3, 1945. Lorencie Shurson died in 1991 at the age of 68.