Letter from Sara S. Washington for the Apex News and Hair Co, Inc.
date: label: Date
content: September 11, 1933
name: label: Created by
content: Apex News and Hair Company, American, founded 1919
label: Subject of
content: Sara Spencer Washington, American, 1889 - 1953
label: Subject of
content: Cosmopolitan Community Church, American, founded 1925
label: Signed by
content: Sara Spencer Washington, American, 1889 - 1953
notes: label: Description
content: Form letter from the Apex News and Hair Co., Inc. to support its new beauty school. The paper has the Apex letterhead. The letter is dated in the upper right. The form text begins [Dear Friend and Co-worker: / A very cordial invitation is extended to our Professional / and Business men and women to co-operate with the Apex News / and Hair Company, Inc. in the opening of its new and / modernly equipped Beauty School, located at 900 N. Eutaw / Street, Baltimore, Maryland.] The second paragraph includes an invitation to a Monster Mass Meeting on September 14th at the Cosmopolitan Community Church. The letter is signed by Sara S. Washington, the president of Apex. The back of the letter has two columns of handwritten names and monetary amounts.
place: label: Place made
content: Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Beauty culture
label: Topic
content: Beauty schools
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Communication
label: Topic
content: Religion
setName: label: See more items in
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, Gift of the Stokes/Washington Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.14.14
objectType: label: Type
content: form letters
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: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)