Title

Diploma issued to Lucille Brown from Poro College

Description

This is a Poro College diploma received by Lucille Brown. On the diploma in the lower left corner is a gold, embossed, seal with a purple ribbon. The diploma is printed in black text with blanks provided throughout for filling in information about the recipient, the date, and the person conferring the degree. Under the blanks are lines of red ink. From the top of the page text reads "Poro College/ &/ Scalp Treatment and Hair Culture/ St. Louis, Mo./ Established in the Year of Our Lord Nineteen Hundred/ Know all Parties by these Presents, That/ Lucille Brown/has completed a full course of instruction in the treatment of the scalp and the culture of the/ hair, as prescribed by the Poro System./ And has passed such examinations as to satisfactorily demonstrate her ability to properly apply the intricate methods thereto./ Now, therefore, by virtue of the power vested in us, we have granted this/ DIPLOMA/ with all of the privileges attendant thereupon./ In Witness Whereof, We, the President and Secretary, have subscribed our names and caused this seal/ of the College to be affixed hereunto, this Nineteenth day of March 1915./ Annie M. Pope Turnbo President/ Maudelle McMurray Secretary/ Territory Weir and McCool, Miss."

Creator

CREATED BY:
Poro College, American, 1918 - 1950s
RECEIVED BY:
Lucille Brown, American, 1892 - 1960
OWNED BY:
Lucille Brown, American, 1892 - 1960

Subject

Education History

Cosmetics

Beauty Salons

African Americans

Medium

ink on paper with foil and cloth
DIMENSIONS:
16 1/8 × 20 1/4 × 1/2 in. (41 × 51.4 × 1.3 cm)

Format

jpeg

Date

March 19, 1915

Source

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Identifier

OBJECT NUMBER:
2011.170.4