Thirty-eight buttons 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: Used by
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: Thirty-eight (38) buttons of varying sizes, colors, and materials found in the box 2010.6.64.1 from Mae's Millinery Shop.
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: 2010.6.64.2.1-.38
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (fasteners)
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: plastic, metal, cloth
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (largest): 1 3/8 × 1 3/8 × 3/8 in. (3.5 × 3.5 × 1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (smallest): 1/4 × 1/4 × 1/16 in. (0.6 × 0.6 × 0.2 cm)