Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: HOPPÉ, Emil Otto
Agency: DORIEN LEIGH LTD.
Event Date: n.d.
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.007607

Inscriptions:
recto, [no inscription]; verso, handwritten: England; typed on label: WHERE THE LAW GETS ITS PERMANENT WAVE. [underlined]; stamped: LONDON; handwritten: [illeg.]; typed on label: The Ravenscroft family has been making / wigs for centuries , long before the; handwritten: [illeg.] / H [boxed]; typed on label: patent was taken out by one of the family / for the petal wig with the permanent wave / which covers xthe [sic] best brains in Britain. / 1355-4048.; stamped: MADE IN ENGLAND For EXAMINATION ONLY; handwritten: 51 [circled] / 1355-4046; stamped: COPYRIGH. [underlined] / E. O. HOPPÉ – LONDON ON LOAN / PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE / If not Reproduced please return to:- / DORIEN LEIGH LTD VALUABLE ORIGINAL / 7, CORMWEL / LONDON; sticker [star shape] ; stamped: FE CHARGED; sticker: Return to / BLACK STAR / 420 LEXINGTON AVE. NEW YORK; stamped: AGE; handwritten: [double ended arrow] / 4 1//8” / 16699

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: LONDON / STORES TOBACCO AND WIGS
Retouching: N