Clear plastic box 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: A clear plastic box used to store hat-making materials from Mae's Millinery Shop. The box is rectangular with a lid that is hinged in the back and has a metal clasp at the center front. There is a plastic handle at the center of the attached lid that swivels upward for use. A gold and brown floral vine is printed on the center front side.
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: 2010.6.64.1
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: plastic and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 x 14 x 9 1/2 in. (20.3 x 35.6 x 24.1 cm)