Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of street sign for Selena’s House of Beauty & Hair-Weev Technology
September 14, 2019
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
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 digital image of the street signed for Selena’s House of Beauty & School of Hair-Weev Technology, a family business hair salon in Chicago, Illinois. It is held as a TIFF file (.tif). The yellow sign is a blade sign mounted perpendicular to the façade of the building. The text reads [SELENA’S HOUSE OF / BEAUTY & SCHOOL OF / HAIR-WEEV / TECHNOLOGY] with all the text in black except the ampersand and “hair-weev” are in red.
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Catalog reference: 2023.4.6
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