- Manufactured by
- Nunn Bush, American, founded 1912
- Owned by
- Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Date
- 1941-1994
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 1/2 in. (9.2 x 4.4 x 1.3 cm)
- Description
- Small silver colored metal shoe horn curved up at the top end with a hole in the center. Engraved text on one side reads, “Merry Oaks / Shopping Center / Nashville, Tenn. / Nunn Bush / Ankle fashioned Oxfords”
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Accessories and Personal Effects
- Type
- shoehorns
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
- Object number
- 2010.6.100
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




