[BUSINESS -- WALKER, Madam C.J. (born Sarah Breedlove, 1867-1919)]. The Madam C.J. Walker Beauty Manual: A Thorough Treatise Covering All Branches of Beauty Culture. FIRST EDITION. Indianapolis: The Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Co. Inc., ca 1928. 

8vo, original blue cloth, lettered in white (some loss to title on spine, rubbing to extremities, light soil, blue cloth somewhat blotchy). 211pp followed by 3pp of advertisements for "Madam C.J. Walker's Superfine Preparations for the Hair and Skin" and index (scattered dampstaining, light soil, occasional tears). Illustrated throughout with line drawings and black and white photographs. Inscribed (presumably in original owner's hand) with name and address: "Mary E. Hamilton / 1422 N 'G' Street / Richmond, Ind." A scarce example of this important manual, with OCLC locating no libraries with the First Edition.

Mary Ethel Hamilton Calhoun (1916-1989) was born in Richmond, Indiana. The 1940 US Federal Census indicates that she was a 24-year-old "Neg[ro]" woman, living at home in Richmond, and working as a "Beautician" at a "Beauty Shop." Her obituary indicates that she was "a graduate of Madam Walker School of Cosmetology in Indianapolis and had been a self-employed beautician many years."

[With:] A modern color photograph showing a two-story home, with modern ink inscription on verso reading in part: "Mary Calhoun's Beauty Shop @ 239 S. 13th St. Richmond, IN."

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