- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Manufactured by
- Sherman Optical USA, American, founded 1939
- Owned by
- Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Date
- 1941-1994
- Medium
- plastic and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Unfolded): 3 x 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (7.6 x 17.1 x 14 cm)
- H x W x D (Folded): 2 11/16 x 6 x 7/8 in. (6.8 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm)
- Description
- A pair of bifocal glasses with black plastic frames. The lenses are slightly ovular with a smooth bottom edge and a bi-cornered top edge. Text is engraved in silver lettering onto the inside of the proper left temple that reads: "U.S.A. Sherman."
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- eyeglasses
- 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
- 2010.6.53
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




