Manufactured by
Unidentified
Owned by
Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
Subject of
Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
Date
1941-1994
Medium
cotton, silk, polyester, wood, cardboard, and plastic
Dimensions
H x W x D (Smallest): 9/16 x 1 in. (1.5 x 2.5 cm)
H x W x D (Largest): 1 9/16 x 2 3/4 in. (4 x 7 cm)
Description
Thirteen (13) wooden, cardboard, and plastic spools of thread in varying fibers and colors found in box 2010.6.55.1ab from Mae's Millinery Shop. Spools .8 through .13 are unraveled with the loose ends tangled in a large knot of thread. There are also two (2) paper tags not numbered. Manufacturer labels on the thread include Six Star, Royal Silk Company, Queen Silk Co., J & P Coats, Excell A&E Mills Inc., Brainerd, Armstrong & Co., Woolco, and Beats-All Trimmer's.
Place collected
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Type
spools
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
2010.6.55.3.1-.13
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54f77aab7-6d50-4cfc-90be-05fac35b27f7

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