Round metal tin painted red with poinsettias 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 round metal tin (a) and lid (b) from Mae's Millinery Shop. The tin is painted red, with a scene of poinsettias surrounding a lit candlestick on the top of the lid. The interior of the lid has a business card (c) adhered to it for the personal injury firm Steinberg and Girsh of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
label: Exhibition
content: Power of Place
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051
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: 2010.6.24.1abc
objectType: label: Type
content: 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: metal, paint
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (8.9 × 21 × 21 cm)