[The 7 Sutherland Sisters with their brother]

[The 7 Sutherland Sisters with their brother]

Photograph

[The 7 Sutherland Sisters with their brother]

ca. 1880
Albumen silver print
Image: 5.8 x 9 cm
Mount: 6.3 x 9.8 cm
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2009
2008.0531.0017
Inscriptions verso (printed in blue): 7 SUTHERLAND SISTERS'/ HAIR GROWER. / LIVING PROOFS OF ITS MERITS. / A Medical Compound of great benefit to the / HAIR and SCALP, The result of hte most re- / cent researches and an improvement over any- / thing of the kind ever before offered to the pub- / lic. Contains no Lead, Sulphur, or anything in- / jurious to the hair - composed entirely of vege- / table ingredients. Prepared under the personal / supervision of the renowned 7 Sutherland Sis- / ters, being the formulas used for many years by / them, and to which alone they attribute their / growth of hair. An elegant Hair Dressing; a / sure hair promoter; will permanently stop hair / from falling out; a preparation free from irritat- / ing matter. / LOUISVILLE, KY., Dec. 8th, 1885. /
MISS GRACIE SUTHERLAND; / Your letter received, and in answer would state that I / used your HAIR GROWER and it helped my hair, and / it never grew faster than when I was using it. I have / not been using it lately, owing to circumstances, but had / intended to commence again very soon. I have been re- / commending it to every lady I know, and a great many / have bought the preparation and expressed tehmselves / very much delighted with it, and are still using it. My / har has bene imporivng ever since I sued the first bottle. / When I think that my Hair was just a little below my shoulders before I sued your preparation, and now is 2 / or 3 inches below my waist, I think it is wonderful. My / hair was always harsh and dry, and I never thought it / would be nice, all I have to do now is to give it a comb- /ing and brushing and it becomes glossy and soft as silk. / Yours respectfully, MISS L.L. LOONEY. / Direct to 998 12th Street, bet, Chestnut and Madison. / Prepared by 7 SUTHERLAND SISTERS / LOCKPORT, N.Y., U.S.A. / New York Office, 20 West 14th Street. / Sold by the 7 Sutherland Sisters, and all Druggists / Send for Circular of Testimonials.
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