Edith Sampson on cover of December Negro Digest
Edith Sampson, Chicago lawyer and UN delegation member, stars as cover girl in the December Negro Digest article praising Black progress in 85 years of freedom. The issue also notes a Brooklyn art center opening, Pakistan and Liberia ties, and public welfare efforts in Harlem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Sampson
NEW York
ANP
Chicago
United States
United Nations General Assembly
House of Marr
Warren Marr II
Brooklyn
Marr
Parkistan Matron
Saida Isa
Pakistan
Begum Liaquat Ali Khan
Children’s Center
Young Tenia
Andrew Simmons
Fisk
Children's Center
Oklahoma
Harlem
Lula Hearn
Beggs, Okla
James C. Thibodeaux
Beggs
Natal
A Christmas Gift From Lighthouse for the Blind
A promotional note urges purchases from the Lighthouse for the Blind at 2151 NW 6th Place. It highlights items made by Negro blind artisans in the Greater Miami area and offers woven bags, blankets, pocketbooks, rugs, towels, mats and more, framing gift buying as meaningful and giving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lighthouse For
Miami
Daughters Of Isis Extend Thanks For Fall Tea
Kazah Court No 117 Daughters of Isis thanks supporters for a successful Fall Tea event. Appreciation notes highlight Rev Edward T Graham’s address and program participants as valued contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kazah Court No. 117 Daughters of Isis
Edward T. Graham
New Children Shoppe Holds Grand Opening
Washington Heights welcomes the Jay-Bee Shoppe at 1301 NW 8th Avenue with a grand opening today. The new children's store offers infants to boys wear including christening sets layettes dresses slips nighties pajamas and cowboys suits with free gifts for visiting children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Heights
8Rd Avenue
Third Avenue
13Th St
Half Ash Silver Blonde Beauty Trend At 7th Avenue Salon
A traveler notes a beauty parlor sign promising a half ash silver blonde and describes the grueling, comic torture of weekly dyeing and curling routines. The piece jokes about the salon process, its impact on mood, and the comic exaggeration of pain, ending with playful self reference and a goodbye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
7Th Avenue
57Th Street
Hades
Ash
Also Mentioned on This Page
Inc. Is
Gilford
Jack Gilford
Josh White
Cafe Society
Mr. Gilford
Metropolitan
Strauss
Phillip K. Kiadis
Treasury Department
Monrovia
Liberia
William Howard
Medhem-Alem School
Ethiopia
Addis
Ababa
Richard Graddick
Honolulu
Ted Barnett
California
Dubois
Peace Congress
World Peace Congress
Africa
Wald Leslau
New School For Social Research
Aden
Eritrea
Haile Selassie
Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Jewish Theological Seminary
Welfare Council
Armed Forces
New York City
Welfare Council of
Carl M. Loeb Jr
Central Harlem
Expert Appraisalseal Estate Service
Grand Ave
J. A. Summons
Coconut Grove
Edison Center Poultry & Fish
Mkt
Pride of Edison Center
N.W
7Th Ave
Shell’s
Maryland
Blue Point
Isis
Cirl
Columbia Records
Benny Goodman
Peggy Lee
G. I. Approved
Frame Institute
62Nd Street
15Th
17Th Ave
G. I. Bill
the Sunlight School OF Beauty Culture
N. W
2Nd Avenue
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