- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
- Reeves, Joel Edward, American
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Date
- ca. 1953
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 3/8 x 7 5/16 in. (23.8 x 18.5 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 9 3/4 x 8 1/16 in. (24.7 x 20.5 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Joel and Mae Reeves posing with a number of hats. Joel stands to the right of Mae and wears a dark suit with a bowtie and holds a cigarette in his right hand. Mae wears a dark dress with a large floral decoration below her left shoulder. The are both holding a broad brimmed dark felt hat and looking at the camera. A vanity with mirror sits behind Joel and a tall hat stand sits next to Mae, also holding several hats.
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- 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
- 2010.6.46.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.