Manufactured by
Unidentified
Owned by
Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
Subject of
Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
Date
1941-1994
Medium
graphite and ink on paper, metal
Dimensions
H x W x D: 9 3/4 x 7 5/8 x 3/8 in. (24.8 x 19.4 x 1 cm)
Description
A ruled bound notebook with missing covers from Mae's Millinery Shop. It is bound on the left hand side with adhesive. The book is only partly full with handwritten notes in ink and pencil about hats, customers, receipts, and with some papers pinned to the pages of the book.
Place collected
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
Classification
Documents and Manuscripts
Type
notebooks
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
2010.6.36
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cf5e48ee-180d-49c6-a8ba-747d09814d5d

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