- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- 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
- plastic, metal, wood, and thread
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Plastic Box - largest): 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 2 1/8 in. (1.9 x 5.7 x 5.4 cm)
- Description
- A mixture of sewing tools from Mae's Millinery Shop found in 2010.6.24.1ab including a) spool of red thread, b) a small spool of burgundy thread, c) a metal sewing machine bobbin with black thread, d) a bundle of cream felt and various colors of thread wound around a wooden dowel, e) a hat pin with a white top, f) a hat pin with a black top, g) a black plastic box filled with pins of various kinds, h) cream thread wound around a folded piece of white cardstock, i) a metal needle threader, j) and a metal screw cover for a piece of machinery.
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Type
- accessories
- spools
- pins (fasteners)
- hatpins
- 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
- 2010.6.24.5a-j
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




