- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Date
- 1941-1994
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (2010.6.71.1-.8 each): 2 × 3 1/2 in. (5.1 × 8.9 cm)
- H x W x D (2010.6.71.9): 1 15/16 x 3 1/2 in. (4.9 x 8.9 cm)
- Description
- Eight (8) business cards for Mae Reeves (.1-.8) all alike made from white cardstock with black printed text that read: "GRanite 6-6516 / Mae Reeves / Exclusive Custom Made Hats by 'Mae' / Draping Remodeling / 41 North 60th Street Philadelphia 39, Pa." A woman in a maid's uniform holding a large hat box is printed in the upper left corner. The reverse of .1-.4, .6, and .8 are blank. Handwritten in pencil upside down on the reverse of .5 is the text: "189-16-5978". Handwritten in pencil on the reverse of .7 is the text: "SH / 75453".
- One (1) business card for James W. Grant (.9) made from white cardstock with black printed text that reads: "Phone EVergreen 2-1557 / JAMES W. GRANT / CUB SCOUT MASTER - PACK No. 93 / DEMOCRAT COMMITTEEMAN - 1st DIV.-24th WARD / 309 NORTH 33rd STREET PHILADELPHIA 4, PA." Handwritten text in pencil on the reverse is scribbled over and now illegible.
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Type
- business cards
- 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
- 2010.6.71.1-.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




