- 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
- 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.




