Pair of white circular earrings and earring box from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A pair of screw back earrings (.1ab) with a large central white stone surrounded by a row of clear rhinestones set in silver-toned metal. The earrings were found in a pasteboard box with a black bottom (.2a) and a gold lid (.2b).
place: label: Place collected
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Beauty culture
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Millinery
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
label: Classification
content: Jewelry and Adornment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: 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.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.6.75.1ab-.2ab
objectType: label: Type
content: earrings
label: Type
content: boxes (containers)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: .1ab: metal, plastic, and glass;
label: Medium
content: .2ab: pasteboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.1ab (each)): 7/8 × 7/8 × 13/16 in. (2.2 × 2.2 × 2.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.2ab (closed)): 1 × 2 3/4 × 3 in. (2.5 × 7 × 7.6 cm)