Enrollment Certificate to Poro College for Lucille Brown, March 19, 1915. Creator: Unknown.

Enrollment Certificate to Poro College for Lucille Brown, March 19, 1915. Creator: Unknown.

2-832-244 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

This is a certificate of enrollment for Lucille Brown as an agent for Poro products. Also included on the certificate are instructions for treating hair in order to be straightened, instructions for selling Poro products, prices for products and selling suggestions. In the upper left and right corners are black and white images of women shown in profile with long, straight hair. Under the left image are the words "4 years ago my hair was only a/ finger length, and my temples/ were bald half way up my head." Above the image are the words "Mrs. A.M. Pope-Turnbo." Under the right image are the words "4 years ago my hair just covered/ my shoulders." Above the image are the words "Mrs. L.L. Roberts." Between the images are the words ""PORO"/ Hair Growers/ We Grew Our Hair, Now Let/ Us Grow Yours With/ "PORO"/ MRS. A. M. POPE-TURNBO/ 3100 PINE STREET/ St. Louis, Mo. March 19 1915/ Mrs. Lucille Brown/ Wier and McCool, Miss." The bottom quarter of the page is a price list of Poro products. At the bottom left corner, handwritten in ink, are the words "Poro Special Hair Grower 40¢ / Poro Letter C[illegible] 75¢."


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Lucille Brown: American, African-American:
  2. Annie Turnbo Malone: American, African-American: businesswoman, inventor and philanthropist

Medium
  1. Ink on paper

Picture Type
  1. Certificates

Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Health & Beauty

Society & Culture Education

Society & Culture Issues & Causes

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5435x6914
File Size : 110,091kb


Aliases

  1. 2011.170.2
  1. NMAAHC-2011_170_2_001
  1. 0990004763
  1. 2-832-244
  1. 2011.170.2
  1. 2832244


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