Business card of Jordan's Beauty Parlor: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Business card for Jordan's Beauty Parlor of St. Louis, MO. The rectangular, heavyweight off-white paper features black text that reads "JEFFERSON 1098-W MRS. DOVIE WRIGHT JORDAN, PROP. / JORDAN'S BEAUTY PARLOR / MADAM C. J. WALKER SYSTEM / WALKER AND OVERTON HYGENIC PREPARATIONS FOR SALE / 7 N. GARRISON AVE. ST. LOUIS, MO." The back bears handwritten notes in pencil.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1917
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1906
• Subject of: Dovie Wright Jordan, American
• Type: business cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 1 15/16 x 3 1/2 in. (4.9 x 8.9 cm)
• Place used: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
• Place collected: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Beauty salons (Beauty shops)
• Topic: Black Enterprise
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2013.153.12.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of A'Lelia Bundles / Madam Walker Family Archives
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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