Green circular hatbox with lid 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: 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: 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: Accessories and Personal Effects
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: 2016.48.96ab
objectType: label: Type
content: hatboxes
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: pasteboard, paint, cotton, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (ab): 7 × 12 9/16 × 12 9/16 in. (17.8 × 31.9 × 31.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a): 6 11/16 × 12 3/8 × 12 3/8 in. (17 × 31.4 × 31.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b): 1 11/16 × 12 5/8 × 12 5/8 in. (4.3 × 32.1 × 32.1 cm)