- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
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- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Date
- 1941-1994
- Medium
- paint on metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (ab): 3 7/8 × 11 1/4 × 8 3/8 in. (9.8 × 28.6 × 21.3 cm)
- H x W x D (a - base): 3 13/16 x 11 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. (9.7 x 28.6 x 21.3 cm)
- H x W x D (b - lid): 3/4 x 11 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (1.9 x 28.9 x 21.6 cm)
- Description
- Tin container and lid with metal swinging handles from Mae's Millinery Shop. It is printed with a multi-colored floral design on a cream ground, mimicking an embroidered picture on canvas. Inside the tin are four (4) faux flowers and a plastic bag overflowing with bright purple feathers.
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment-Occupational
- Type
- tins
- Topic
- Black Enterprise
- Business
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick
- Object number
- 2016.48.97a-d
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.