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- Two Sisters Beauty Salon, 1935-1950 - Photographic cards like this one, with their glued-on labels, were a preliminary step taken by Dexter Press before producing postcards for small-business owners to mail or hand out. This African-American-run beauty parlor, during a time of racial segregation, ensured the female owners a modicum of economic independence while serving as a place for both female socializing and political activism.
- 1935-1950
- Collections - Artifact
Two Sisters Beauty Salon, 1935-1950
Photographic cards like this one, with their glued-on labels, were a preliminary step taken by Dexter Press before producing postcards for small-business owners to mail or hand out. This African-American-run beauty parlor, during a time of racial segregation, ensured the female owners a modicum of economic independence while serving as a place for both female socializing and political activism.