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Museum object · equipment for personal use: grooming, hygiene and health care

Bar of soap from Mae's Millinery Shop

1941-1994

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A bar of soap wrapped in cream white paper with print in blue ink that says, “Lisa / Luxury Soap” with a logo design made up of four circles above the writing.

Catalog date
1941-1994
Recorded places
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; Black Enterprise; Business; Millinery; Women

Sources & collection details

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: 2010.6.101

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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