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19526374New York 1952. Very good. Eleven volumes. 32320pp. Folio. Original printed pictorial wrappers. First volume with two sets of contents loose. Light wear else. A ten part course -- plus the personal analysis guide -- on how to be a charming woman. The course contains daily lessons on beauty charm etiquette hair care diet exercise makeup etc. including a color chart to best complement for your hair and skin type. The editor Helen Fraser also published a work on fashion modeling. We locate several iterations though the present set most closely resembles an exemplar held by the University of Rochester. unknown
1965221891965. Chinese American Fashion & Beauty Chinese American beauty pageant "Miss China Town USA" held in San Francisco photo archive 1965. Archive of 12 silver gelatin photographs. Each measure 4" x 6" and comes in the original developer's envelope "Schaefer's Camera Shop -- 137 Kearny Street." This striking archive captures a rare and vibrant moment in Chinese American cultural expression during the post Chinese Exclusion Act era with all images centered on young Chinese American women participating in a public pageant event-likely held in Chinatown or Union Square as suggested by background buildings and signage such as the visible Alitalia storefront. Participants wear qipao dresses and Western coats adorned with pageant sashes identifying their affiliations. Their elaborate bouffant hairstyles upright posture and elegant bearing assert a hybridized ideal of beauty that both incorporates and subtly defies dominant mid-century Western standards-privileging Chinese dress language and poise at a time when Asian Americans were largely excluded from national representations of glamour. The women are shown seated before crowds posing for press photos and participating in ceremonial or interview portions of the event. The audience includes a racially diverse set of onlookers who line the streets and engage with the proceedings suggesting both the public scale of the event and its significance beyond the Chinese American community alone. Several city officials and professional photographers also appear emphasizing the civic prominence of the occasion. While one photo is duplicated the remaining eleven are unique. These images offer a vivid glimpse into the aesthetics aspirations and public pride of Chinese American womanhood at a time when race and representation were under increasing renegotiation. Light edge wear overall very good condition. A rare visual record of Chinese American pageantry and public assertion of cultural identity in defiance of mainstream erasure during the civil rights era. unknown
1970209761970. Archive of nine silver gelatin photographs documenting contestants and winners associated with the Señorita México beauty pageant between 1970 and 1971 preserving visual evidence of Mexican beauty culture and national representation during a period when the competition selected participants for major international pageants including Miss Universe Miss World and Miss International. The photographs reflect the cultural sphere of twentieth-century Latin American pageantry illustrating ideals of femininity regional identity glamour and public performance within nationally organized beauty competitions. By presenting contestants from multiple Mexican states in highly staged ceremonial settings the archive documents how beauty pageants functioned as both entertainment and symbolic representations of modern Mexican womanhood for domestic and international audiences.<br /> <br /> Archive consists of nine black-and-white silver gelatin photographs ranging in size from approximately 6 x 3.5 inches to 5 x 7 inches. The images depict contestants and winners from various regions of Mexico including Chihuahua Sinaloa Veracruz Nayarit and Aguascalientes. One 1971 photograph captures a contestant from Aguascalientes reacting with visible excitement apparently during finalist announcements or judging proceedings. Other photographs show crowned winners wearing ceremonial sashes capes and tiaras while posing formally for photographers or receiving congratulations from spectators dressed in evening attire. Several images document crowning ceremonies in which male officials in suits place crowns upon contestants before assembled audiences. The photographs emphasize pageant staging formal dress regional representation and public celebration while also preserving details of hairstyle fashion and ceremonial presentation associated with Mexican beauty competitions of the early 1970s. Most photographs retain the photographer's stamp on the verso reading "Archivo - Alejandro Guzman Mayer."<br /> Produced shortly before Señorita México evolved into the modern Miss Mexico organization these photographs document an important transitional period in the internationalization of Mexican pageantry and media culture. During the late twentieth century national beauty competitions increasingly became platforms through which countries projected modernity fashion tourism and national identity onto global stages. The archive preserves visual documentation of those processes through formal portraiture and candid ceremonial moments involving contestants from across Mexico. Minor edge wear throughout. Overall very good condition. Cohesive photographic archive documenting regional representation and beauty pageant culture in modern Mexico. unknown
1971List3111Tallahassee Florida 1971. Single photograph measuring 6 ¼ x 9 inches. Manuscript caption verso reading “Joyce Warner Tallahassee / Miss Black America†with newspaper article affixed and stamped “SEP231971â€. Near Fine. A press photo of Joyce Warner who was crowned Miss Black America in 1971. The Miss Black America competition was founded in 1968 by entrepreneur J. Morris Anderson as a protest of Miss America’s whites-only policy; the first Miss Black America competition was held in Atlantic City New Jersey on the same day and location as that year’s Miss America.<br /> <br /> As described in the newspaper article affixed to the back of the photo Joyce Warner refused to attend subsequent Miss Black America competitions alleging that the organizers had misled her about the prizes she claimed to have never received a promised $600 scholarship $5000 cash and trips to Haiti and the Catskills and used her photograph for cosmetics advertising without her permission.<br /> <br /> The Miss Black America pageant is still active; Miss America hosted its first Black contestant Sheryl Browne in 1971. unknown
19486373New York 1948. Very good. Thirty-six parts plus twelve extra brochures. With original envelopes. Light wear. The complete six week mail order course for debutante success. First published in 1940 and re-copyrighted every subsequent year the DuBarry Success Course was originated by the Richard Hudnut Salon in New York City. It was originally designed to assist debutantes with their coming out -- and as a means to sell DuBarry cosmetics. The course focused heavily on low-calorie dieting purgatives light calisthenics and correct hair and makeup application. In addition to the six week course included here is a quick index to the course materials a "charm test" and a color-scope chart together with tissue papers to help you determine your best colors and what makeup to wear with what dress. A complete look at how to be a "correct" 1940s woman. unknown
19435014Oklahoma City 1943. Very good. Broadsheet approximately 11 x 8.5 inches. With original mailing envelope. Original folds light toning and wear. A rare advertising circular issued by Sun-Ray Hair Preparation an African-American beauty supply company based in Oklahoma City. The circular features illustrations and brief descriptions for three main products -- a "Hair Dressing Comb" a "Hair Straightening and Shampoo Comb" available in both metal and wooden handles and a "Curling Iron" aimed at African-American women "Every woman has to have a curling iron and this one will give you service and satisfaction". The verso of the broadsheet is an order form which is filled out in ink pen by a woman in Independence Kansas who ordered a hair dressing comb and "hair pressers." Both the circular and the original transmittal envelope include the name of the company agent M.F. Luster. OCLC lists just a single copy of this circular in a small collection of Sun-Ray material located at the Hagley Museum. unknown
1971208851971. Photo archive of African American fashion models and a regional beauty pageant winner 1960s-1970s documents Black women's participation in commercial modeling and organized pageantry during a period of changing representation in American media. The images center on professional studio photography and promotional portraiture recording how Black women were presented within fashion and beauty industries that had long limited their inclusion. The archive includes a press photograph of Fern Tresvan crowned Miss Black Colorado and advanced to national competition at Madison Square Garden alongside a sustained series of modeling images of Carol King a Los Angeles based model whose career intersected with music and entertainment industries.<br /> <br /> Seven black and white silver gelatin photographs most measuring approximately 8 x 10 inches with one elongated print measuring about 5 x 10 inches. Six studio photographs depict Carol King across multiple shoots in Los Angeles attributed to Models International and Greg Mendes studios showing variations in hairstyle dress and pose over roughly a decade. Early images show King in a poolside setting with short hair while later photographs present her in a range of late 1960s and early 1970s fashions including a belted one piece swimsuit with heels a sleeveless dress posed against a leopard patterned textile a mini dress and a long sleeve floral gown. The remaining photograph is a 1971 press image of Tresvan documenting her title as Miss Black Colorado and participation in national pageant competition.<br /> <br /> Produced during the decades surrounding the Civil Rights Movement the archive situates Black women within expanding but still contested spaces of visual culture fashion and public recognition. The combination of studio modeling and pageant imagery reflects parallel avenues through which African American women gained visibility in print media and public events supporting research into race gender and representation in mid twentieth century American culture. Minor edge wear; prints remain clean and well preserved; overall very good condition. unknown
19972081502111903937China friendship 1997. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. China friendship paperback
1970208981970. Photo archive of Miss Black America and Miss Black Teenage America pageants 1970s-1980s documents the creation and expansion of Black controlled beauty competitions as a response to exclusion from mainstream pageants. Founded in 1970 in Philadelphia with support from organizations such as the NAACP Miss Black America emerged as a direct counterpoint to the Miss America pageant and became a nationally recognized platform celebrating Black beauty talent and achievement. The photographs record contestants and winners in ceremonial and performance contexts providing visual evidence of how these pageants functioned as sites of representation professional opportunity and cultural affirmation.<br /> <br /> Archive of Six black and white silver gelatin photographs most measuring approximately 6.75 x 9 to 8 x 10 inches several with press captions or printed articles affixed to verso or margins. One image shows Stephanie Clark of Washington D.C. crowned as the third Miss Black America wearing a tiara and holding a large trophy following competition among entrants from multiple states. Additional photographs document early Miss Black Teenage America winners including Sharon Sexton of Detroit and Cynthia Lewis of Houston shown at Madison Square Garden during national competitions. Later images include studio and event photographs of regional titleholders such as Beryl Roberts and Sonya Robinson as well as a crowning ceremony involving Kimberly Arlette Pierce and her successor. Produced during decades shaped by the Civil Rights Movement and its cultural aftermath the archive situates Black beauty pageants within broader efforts to redefine standards of beauty and expand access to public platforms for African American women. These competitions offered scholarships professional visibility and pathways into fashion and media while also asserting aesthetic and cultural autonomy. Minor wear consistent with handling; captions and images remain clear; overall very good condition. unknown
19362091202133204259Benri-do 1936. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Benri-do paperback
19392111902160200820Printed by Migoro Takada 1939. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Printed by Migoro Takada paperback
193095363Richmond VA: Printed by Quality Publishing Company 1930. Very Good. Broadside poster. 43 x 54 cm. White or maybe light tan lettering on blue banners and placard. The poster include 20 mostly oval modest-sized black and white photos showing front or back views of the heads of African American women with various hairstyles. Photos by "the Browns." Two holes punched along top perhaps to be used for hanging this poster in a beauty shop. Modest general soiling and wear. Some old staining along bottom mostly in the margin rather than the image. This was probably intended to be hung in African American Beauty Shops. We don't know much of anything about Peerless Beauty Supplies. VCU Scholars Compass has a photo online of 525 N. 2nd Street from 1978 showing a modest-sizes older building which seems unlikely to have housed a large manufacturing enterprise. A note below the photo states that the five hundred black of North Second Street was once the commercial center of Jackson Ward in Richmond. A copy of this poster brought $900 at Swann Galleries in 2013 Lot 222 in Sale 2308. OCLC locates 3 copies Syracuse Yale and U Va. Printed by Quality Publishing Company unknown
197161018Stuttgart, Belser-Presse, 1971. Gr.-Fol. Mit 3 Orig.-Farblithographien von Max Ernst sowie einer signierten Suite der Graphiken auf Japanpapier. 79 S., 1 Bl., Blauer OLdr.-Bd. m. blindgepr. Deckel- u. goldgepr. Rückentitel u. OLwd.-Mappe m. Deckelschild (Suite), zus. in OLwd.-Kassette m. goldgepr. Deckelschild.
