Green and gold makeup box from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Prince Matchabelli Inc., founded 1926
label: Owned by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: An empty makeup box for loose powder. The ovular container (a) is covered on the exterior sides with green and gold foil in a stylized floral design. It reads "Wind Song PERFUMED DUSTING POWDER" in green along the bottom edge of one short side. The bottom of the container is made from hard white plastic with molded lettering on the bottom that reads: "PRINCE MATCHABELLI, INC., DIST. / PERFUMED DUSTING POWDER NET WT. 5 OZ. / GREENWICH, CONN. 06830". The interior of the container is lined with pasteboard. The lid (b) is made from clear plastic and is slightly convex with a molded logo at the center of a crown inside a circle.
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: 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 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: 2010.6.54.1ab
objectType: 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: paper, foil, and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (ab): 3 × 5 × 3 3/4 in. (7.6 × 12.7 × 9.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a): 2 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 3 5/8 in. (7 × 12.1 × 9.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b): 3/4 × 4 7/8 × 3 3/4 in. (1.9 × 12.4 × 9.5 cm)