J.P. Mounier & Lallou, / Hair Dressers from Paris, and Ornamental Hair Manufacturers, / Wholesale & Retail, / No. 28 South Fourth Street, corner of Ranstead's Court, (nearly opposite the / Indian Queen Hotel,) between Market and Chesnut Streets, Philadelphia, / have invented and / make Wigs of superior / quality to any thing yet / seen in Europe, or import / ed to America. / [cuts of two heads, 1 1/2 x 2 1/8 inches, one with a fashionable wig, the other with numbered sections for taking measurements] / [followed by nine paragraphs of text further describing the business, offering five points for taking measurements for wigs, ordering instructions, and promotional copy]
by Mounier, John P., and Lallou, Philadelphia hairdressers
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Philadelphia, (PA): Mounier and Lallou, 1833. Illustrated advertisment and receipt. Printed broadside, 8 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches, employing several styles and sizes of type, completed in manuscript for a purchase of puffs and Curls ($16 total) and signed "Rcd. Payment / J.P. Mounier & Lallou." Notice is given that wigs can be provided for $10 and that the firm sells, Curls, Puffs, Scalps, Braids, Frisetts, &c., at the lowest price, wholesale and retail." The business is listed in the Philadelphia directory (1835-1836), p. 101 and was still at the same address, with a different principal. We were unable to find material related to this firm on OCLC. Short tear in upper edge, else very good. Folded and docketed on verso. (#5941).
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- J.P. Mounier & Lallou, / Hair Dressers from Paris, and Ornamental Hair Manufacturers, / Wholesale & Retail, / No. 28 South Fourth Street, corner of Ranstead's Court, (nearly opposite the / Indian Queen Hotel,) between Market and Chesnut Streets, Philadelphia, / have invented and / make Wigs of superior / quality to any thing yet / seen in Europe, or import / ed to America. / [cuts of two heads, 1 1/2 x 2 1/8 inches, one with a fashionable wig, the other with numbered sections for taking measurements] / [followed by nine paragraphs of text further describing the business, offering five points for taking measurements for wigs, ordering instructions, and promotional copy]
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- Mounier, John P., and Lallou, Philadelphia hairdressers
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- Mounier and Lallou
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, (PA)
- Date Published
- 1833
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