The Right Hat by Mae sign 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: Painted cardboard sign with an illustration of a portrait of a woman advertising Mae's hats from Mae's Millinery Shop. The woman is in the lower half on the right side, seen in three-quarter view. She looks to the left and wears a wide brimmed hat, pearls, and earrings. The woman is illustrated in a pale blue color. Surrounding the woman as well as the sign text, is a green scalloped and stylized floral oval. The oval is cropped at the bottom edge, and appears incomplete. Within the border, above and to the left of the woman is text in black and red reading "Above all... / THE RIGHT HAT / In / Modern / Design / by Mae". Behind the oval is a pin striped background of red and green. There are eleven (11) green pin stripes on a dark red background. The lower edge of the corrugated board is folded under to the back. The reverse is blank.
place: label: Place collected
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Fashion
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: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.48.44
objectType: label: Type
content: signs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paint on corrugated board
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 19 1/2 x 14 x 3/8 in. (49.5 x 35.6 x 1 cm)