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| Title | Photo of Ruth Whiteside School of Cosmetology, Seattle, 1945 |
| Date | 1945 |
| Notes | Seeing a need for an institution to train African-American women as cosmeticians in the Pacific Northwest, Ruth Whiteside - known with respect as "Madame Whiteside" - was one of the youngest and most successful African-American business women in the region. |
| Personal Names | Whiteside, Ruth |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--King County; |
| Digital Collection | King County Museum Collections
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| Note About Ownership | This record describes one of more than three hundred artifacts, photographs and documents, submitted by members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The King County Collects project took place during the county's sesquicentennial in 2001, to celebrate the shared collection of AKCHO's 205 members. The information presented here is the responsibility of the AKCHO organization which submitted the item for inclusion in the project. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions, contact: TheBoard@blackheritagewa.org. Please cite the Image Number. |
| Credit Line | The Black Heritage Society of Washington State, Inc.; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | The Black Heritage Society of Washington State, Inc. |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | photo |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using CONTENTdm's image import. |
