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Photograph of street sign for Selena’s House of Beauty & Hair-Weev Technology

September 14, 2019

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

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

A digital image of the street signed for Selena’s House of Beauty & School of Hair-Weev Technology, a family business hair salon in Chicago, Illinois. It is held as a TIFF file (.tif). The yellow sign is a blade sign mounted perpendicular to the façade of the building. The text reads [SELENA’S HOUSE OF / BEAUTY & SCHOOL OF / HAIR-WEEV / TECHNOLOGY] with all the text in black except the ampersand and “hair-weev” are in red.

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Catalog reference: 2023.4.6

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