Used red pencil from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Schwan-Stabilo, German, founded 1855
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 used red Stabilo brand pencil from Mae's Millinery Shop. The graphite is encased in wood that is painted red. White letter is partially rubbed off the side. There is no eraser, but a rounded wooden end painted black.
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: 2010.6.195
objectType: label: Type
content: pencils
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: wood, graphite, and paint
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1/4 × 1/4 × 4 1/4 in. (0.6 × 0.6 × 10.8 cm)