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Sun-Ray Hair Preparation. Notice to Drug Stores and Agents...One of the Best Known for Colored People [caption title]

Sun-Ray Hair Preparation. Notice to Drug Stores and Agents...One of the Best Known for Colored People [caption title] by [African Americana]: [Beauty]: [Oklahoma]

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Title
Sun-Ray Hair Preparation. Notice to Drug Stores and Agents...One of the Best Known for Colored People [caption title]
Author
[African Americana]: [Beauty]: [Oklahoma]
Seller
The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
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Very good.
Description
[Oklahoma City, 1943. Very good.. Broadsheet, approximately 11 x 8.5 inches. With original mailing envelope. Original folds, light toning and wear. A rare advertising circular issued by Sun-Ray Hair Preparation, an African-American beauty supply company based in Oklahoma City. The circular features illustrations and brief descriptions for three main products -- a "Hair Dressing Comb," a "Hair Straightening and Shampoo Comb" (available in both metal and wooden handles), and a "Curling Iron" aimed at African-American women ("Every woman has to have a curling iron and this one will give you service and satisfaction"). The verso of the broadsheet is an order form which is filled out in ink pen by a woman in Independence, Kansas who ordered a hair dressing comb and "hair pressers." Both the circular and the original transmittal envelope include the name of the company agent, M.F. Luster. OCLC lists just a single copy of this circular, in a small collection of Sun-Ray material located at the Hagley Museum.