- Manufactured by
- Dritz, American, founded 1920
- Owned by
- Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Date
- 1941-1994
- Medium
- metal, plastic, cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (In package): 5 x 3 x 3/16 in. (12.7 x 7.6 x 0.5 cm)
- Description
- A Dritz brand seam ripper with a blue plastic handle in an unopened package. The package is made from paper printed with a cream background, and blue and black text. The seam ripper is inside a plastic tube that is adhered to the paper. The back of the paper package has directions for use printed on it in black text. A sales tag is adhered in the upper right front corner.
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Type
- tools
- 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
- 2010.6.203
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




