Title

Price list for dealers of Poro beauty products, 1915-1953 . Creator: Unknown.

Caption

This is a sheet of paper with a price list for Poro dealers of Poro Products. Along the top is the title for the price list "NEW SCHEDULE OF REDUCED PRICES WITH TAX/ For Poro Dealers only." The pricing list is split into six columns. The column titles read from left to right "HAIR PREPARATIONS / Dealer's/ Price/ Gov. / Tax/ Total/ Charge/ Customers'/ Price/ Total/ With Tax." Along the lower third of the sheet include instructions for pricing as well as a price schedule for soap with tax. It contains a new schedule of reduced prices with tax. Poro College, a cosmetology school and centre, was established in 1918 by Annie Turnbo Malone, an African-American businesswoman, inventor and philanthropist.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A73_346

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License type

Rights managed

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123,9Mb (6,3Mb) / 20,1in x 23,9in / 6042 x 7167 (300dpi)

Keywords

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