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Beautify Yourself at Home with Bee-Dew Beauty Preparations For Hair, Scalp and Skin

Staple-bound catalog for the Bee-Dew Cosmetics Company, an African American-focused cosmetics company, of 703-705 East Forest Avenue. In addition to information and illustrations of the company's products, the catalog also contains, information about founder Madam Vivian Nash Hill, beauty tips, and etiquette; an advertisements for the Bee-Dew Beauty Culture Academy; and short biographies of famous African Americans including George Washington Carver, Sojourner Truth, Booker T. Washington, Egbert Austin Williams, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, and Paul Lawrence Dunbar. The slogan "Bee-Dew Cosmetics are Race Created to Enhance the Natural Beauty of Our People," reoccurs throughout the catalog.