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Price list for Poro beauty products

1915-1953

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This is a handwritten price list for Poro beauty products written on lined paper. It reads "white vaseline 25/ Irish root 10/ Quinine 25/ sulphur 10/ oil of Bergamont 10/ Ford's Ox Marrow 25/ Oil Geranium 10." Creases on the paper are reinforced by clear tape.

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Catalog reference: 2011.170.9

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