Enrollment Certificate to Poro College for Lucille Brown
date: label: Date
content: March 19, 1915
name: label: Created by
content: Poro College, American, 1918 - 1950s
label: Received by
content: Lucille Brown, American, 1892 - 1960
label: Signed by
content: Annie Malone, American, 1869 - 1957
label: Owned by
content: Lucille Brown, American, 1892 - 1960
notes: label: Description
content: 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¢."
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place printed
content: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Beauty salons (Beauty shops)
label: Topic
content: Beauty schools
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Cosmetics
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.170.2
objectType: label: Type
content: certificates
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10 15/16 x 8 7/16 in. (27.8 x 21.4 cm)