Wallpaper Design scrapbooks

Descriptive Summary

Title
Wallpaper Design scrapbooks
Identifier
BMRC.CHM.WALLPP_SCRAPBK
Repository
Chicago History Museum
Language
English
Size
0.2 Linear feet
Dates
1974-1976
Creator
Bradshaw, Michael A.

Biographical/Historical note

Scrapbooks for Wallpaper Design, a firm which advertised itself as ""America's first Black-owned and operated wallpaper store,"" at 1635 East 87th Street, Chicago (Ill.).

Scope and Contents note

The scrapbooks include promotional flyers, brochures, business cards, clippings, and correspondence, along with biographical information about the store's founder, Michael A. Bradshaw."

Processing Information note

This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 October 21 by Andrew Steadham.

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