Souvenir booklet about Poro College Company
date: label: Date
content: 1920-1927
name: label: Created by
content: Poro College, American, 1918 - 1950s
label: Subject of
content: Annie Malone, American, 1869 - 1957
label: Owned by
content: Lucille Brown, American, 1892 - 1960
notes: label: Description
content: This is a souvenir booklet about the Poro College Company with thirty seven pages including photographs and illustrations. Bound with textured dark green cardboard covers, it is fastened together with a thin cord. The cover features an embossed graphic of a stylized architectural frieze with a central oculus featuring the name of the college "PORO." The frieze features scalloped leaves and floral additions. The frieze is lined with inverted triangles above a line of dark green. On the right of the frieze is a beaded chain extending down the front of the cover. Below the frieze is the title of the booklet "SOUVENIR/ OF/ PORO COLLEGE/ ST. LOUIS]. There is a white substance spattered slightly over the front cover.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place used
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: Books and Published Materials
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: 2011.170.18
objectType: label: Type
content: brochures
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with cardboard and cord
label: Dimensions
content: 6 1/4 x 9 7/16 x 1/4 in. (15.9 x 24 x 0.6 cm)