Airline freight tag from Mae's Millinery Shop
- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Printed by
- Air France, founded 1933
- Owned by
- Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Date
- 1941-1994
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5 3/4 x 2 5/16 in. (14.6 x 5.9 cm)
- Description
- Paper freight tag printed in red ink. One side of the label has the printed text "A / AF 20094 / BAGAGE ENREGISTRE EN FRANCE / AIR FRANCE". The other side of the label has printed text and handwritting in black ink that reads: "A / [hand] PAL / [print] vol no. [hand] NA603 / [print] via [hand] NYC / [print] vol no [hand] 977". A string is looped and tied through a reinforced circular hole at the center top of the tag.
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- 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
- 2010.6.106
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.