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Advertisement for Sweet Georgia Brown skin bleaching creams

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Sweet Georgia Brown, American

Description

Color advertisment for Sweet George Brown skin lightening beauty treatments. The two advertised products are Skin Bleaching Cream and Lemon Cleansing Cream. The purpose of this advertisment was to act as a means for people to order these products. The following taglines are featured: "HAVE LIGHTER LOOKING SKIN"/HAVE THE SKIN MEN LOVE"/KNOW THE JOY OF A LIGHTER APPEARING COMPLEXION".
Format:
Ink On Paper
Rights:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Record Harvested From

Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. Advertising
  2. African American
  3. African Americans
  4. Beauty Culture
  5. Colorism
  6. Sweet Georgia Brown

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