Thirteen spools of thread from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Manufactured 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: Thirteen (13) wooden, cardboard, and plastic spools of thread in varying fibers and colors found in box 2010.6.55.1ab from Mae's Millinery Shop. Spools .8 through .13 are unraveled with the loose ends tangled in a large knot of thread. There are also two (2) paper tags not numbered. Manufacturer labels on the thread include Six Star, Royal Silk Company, Queen Silk Co., J & P Coats, Excell A&E Mills Inc., Brainerd, Armstrong & Co., Woolco, and Beats-All Trimmer's.
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: 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: Tools and Equipment
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: 2010.6.55.3.1-.13
objectType: label: Type
content: spools
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: cotton, silk, polyester, wood, cardboard, and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Smallest): 9/16 x 1 in. (1.5 x 2.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Largest): 1 9/16 x 2 3/4 in. (4 x 7 cm)