- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Date
- 1941-1994
- Medium
- pasteboard, paint, cotton, and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (ab): 7 × 12 9/16 × 12 9/16 in. (17.8 × 31.9 × 31.9 cm)
- H x W x D (a): 6 11/16 × 12 3/8 × 12 3/8 in. (17 × 31.4 × 31.4 cm)
- H x W x D (b): 1 11/16 × 12 5/8 × 12 5/8 in. (4.3 × 32.1 × 32.1 cm)
- Description
- Green circular hatbox (a) and lid (b) made from pasteboard painted green. The lid can be fixed to the bottom with two lengths of white cotton twill tape attached to the base. There is white topstitching along the rim and the top edge of the lid. Metal brads are used to hold the sides of the base and the lid, and the bottom of the base to the sides.
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Accessories and Personal Effects
- Type
- hatboxes
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick
- Object number
- 2016.48.96ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




