Pair of blue high-heeled shoes from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Benjamin-Walk, American, founded 1896
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 pair of blue high-heeled shoes from Mae's Millinery Shop. The uppers are made from satin fabric dyed a deep, bright blue. The 2 1/2-inch heels are covered in the same color fabric. The shoes are closed at the toe, which is pointed at the tip. The soles are made from hard rubber or plastic. There are black rubber caps on the heel bottoms. The manufacturer name "Dyeables" is printed in gold metallic ink on the insole of each shoe. Style and size information is stamped in black ink around the interior back of both uppers.
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: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
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: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
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: 2010.6.32ab
objectType: label: Type
content: shoes (footwear)
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: synthetic fiber, plastic, and rubber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (each): 4 3/4 × 10 3/4 × 3 1/4 in. (12.1 × 27.3 × 8.3 cm)