Photograph of Mae Reeves and an unidentified woman
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 1953
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in. (24 x 19 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 9 15/16 x 8 in. (25.3 x 20.3 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of Mae Reeves posing with an unidentified woman. Both women stand in 3/4 profile and face the camera. Reeves wears a dark dress with white gloves, clutch, and necklace. Her companion wears a white lace dress and dark colored shawl. The women are posed in front of a decorative gate placed in front of cut out paper pasted to a wall in the shape of a tree. Signs are painted on either side of the gate and behind Reeves a sign is visible reading [PARKWAY / BALLROOM]. Just below that is handwritten in black ink on the photo [CHICAGO / "1953"].
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Place captured
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Amusements
- Fashion
- Millinery
- Photography
- Social life and customs
- 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
- 2010.6.46.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.