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(BUSINESS—BEAUTY & COS-
METICS.)
Peerless Hair Dressing on
Sale Here. Peerless Beauty Supplies,
Richmond, VA.
Point of purchase sign,
19
3
⁄
8
x 17
1
⁄
8
inches, printed in blue and black
on heavy stock white paper; lightly toned;
printed “note” in the center right: “Photos
by the Browns.”
Richmond, VA, circa 1940’s
[500/700]
A classic beauty salon sign, displaying twenty
of the many hair-styles of the day. There is still
a Peerless Beauty Supply Company in
Richmond, but we were unable to determine if
it was the same business.
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(BUSINESS.) BAILEY, QUASH.
Manuscript receipt for work done by
stevedore Quash Bailey and his crew
of five men * Ship owner’s ledger
page for stevedores etc at the port of
Savannah, includes the name of
Bailey.
Long sheet (16 x 6
1
⁄
2
inches) of
handmade, paper, with deckled edges on
three sides; one small stain, creases where
folded. 4to sheet, written on one side, with
docket on reverse. Together two pieces.
[Savannah, 1823, 1826]
[1,200/1,800]
A most unusual invoice for four weeks of labor
done by Quash Bailey, an apparent free black
and his four—and at times five man crew.
Their work would have been loading and
unloading ships in Savannah’s busy port. The
other names that appear on this bill are Norris,
John Bull, Coleman, Collington, and
Lamanique (?). The total for all work done
over four weeks was $343.56, a considerable
sum in 1823.
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BUSINESS
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