On View
Segregation Gallery
Exhibition
Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
Created by
Poro College, American, 1918 - 1950s
Subject of
Brown, Lucille, American, 1892 - 1960
Owned by
Brown, Lucille, American, 1892 - 1960
Date
1915-1953
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
1 3/4 x 16 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. (4.4 x 41 x 3.5 cm)
Description
This is a canister in which a Poro enrollment certificate was mailed to its recipient. The brown paper tube is addressed to Lucille Brown in Weir, Mississippi. There are two different colored, cancelled stamps on the tube, along the right side of the address label. The label wraps around the tube in the center. Text on the tube reads "Return in ten days to/ "Poro" College Company/ Saint Louis, MO/ Register No. 146453/ Lucille Brown No # 0560/ P.O.Box 815/ Weir, Miss./ [illegible]." The tube is open at both ends.
Place used
Weir, Choctaw County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Type
canisters
Topic
Beauty salons (Beauty shops)
Beauty schools
Business
Cosmetics
Women
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2011.170.3
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ead4f202-a83b-41fa-a36a-1da155c7eadc

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