On View
Power of Place Gallery
Exhibition
Power of Place
Manufactured by
Unidentified
Owned by
Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
Subject of
Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
Date
1941-1994
Medium
metal, paint
Dimensions
H x W x D: 3 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (8.9 × 21 × 21 cm)
Description
A round metal tin (a) and lid (b) from Mae's Millinery Shop. The tin is painted red, with a scene of poinsettias surrounding a lit candlestick on the top of the lid. The interior of the lid has a business card (c) adhered to it for the personal injury firm Steinberg and Girsh of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Place collected
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
Classification
Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
Type
containers
Topic
Black Enterprise
Business
Millinery
Women
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
2010.6.24.1abc
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd566b9f7cb-8f7b-4d34-8039-69f758733259

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