Mechanical pencil drawing of a woman from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1901-1915
name: label: Created by
content: Ullman Manufacturing Company, American, 1899 - 1915
label: Owned by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A mechanical pencil drawing of a bust of a woman (a) and a frame (b) from Mae's Millinery Shop. The drawing shows the woman in 3/4 profile and is wearing a large hat and holding flowers. A copyright for Ullman Mfg Co. is printed on her chest. The number "2" is handwritten in graphite on the reverse.
label: Description
content: The frame (b) is painted with a faux mahogany finish with a glass interior and no additional backing. A length of wire is attached to a metal loop at each long edge for the frame to hang vertically on the wall.
place: label: Place collected
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
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: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
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: 2010.6.3ab
objectType: label: Type
content: mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: a: graphite on paper;
label: Medium
content: b: wood, glass, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 11 × 7 3/8 in. (27.9 × 18.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b): 12 1/2 × 9 × 1/2 in. (31.8 × 22.9 × 1.3 cm)