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Created by: Sweet Georgia Brown, American

Date: ca. 1930

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (20.6 x 12.1 cm)

Description: Color advertisment for Sweet George Brown skin lightening beauty treatments. The two advertised products are Skin Bleaching Cream and Lemon Cleansing Cream. The purpose of this advertisment was to act as a means for people to order these products. The following taglines are featured: "HAVE LIGHTER LOOKING SKIN"/HAVE THE SKIN MEN LOVE"/KNOW THE JOY OF A LIGHTER APPEARING COMPLEXION".

Place used: United States, North and Central America

Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements

Type: advertisements

Topic: Advertising; Beauty culture; Colorism

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.166.21

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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