Feb 21, 2008 - Sale 2137

Sale 2137 - Lot 152

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(BUSINESS--WALKER, MADAME C. J.) Mme. C. J. Walker College of Beauty Culture. Photograph 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches on the original photographer's mount (11 5/8 x 13 1/2 inches); tips chipped; a few, almost imperceptible pin-sized "dents." Chicago: Worthington, circa 1920

Additional Details

A group of 13 graduates of Madame Walker's Chicago College of Beauty Culture. Marjorie Joyner, whose name is visible on the window of the College, was director of the national chain of colleges and was the inventor of an electric permanent wave machine.