Hot comb from a travel hair care kit used by Anna Mae Queen Holmes
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Reck-Junior, founded 1950
label: Owned by
content: Anna Mae Queen Holmes, American, 1926 - 2013
notes: label: Description
content: A hot comb, also known as a pressing comb or straightening comb, used to straighten hair. The teeth of the comb are brass and the handle is wood. The comb has a removable metal end cap that can be unscrewed. The comb has a manufacturer's stamp on the middle of the comb in between the teeth and the handle: [RECK-JUNIOR / MADE IN GERMANY] The comb was placed on, or inside, a stove or another hot surface to heat it.
place: label: Place made
content: Germany, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Hair
label: Topic
content: Travel
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Accessories and Personal Effects
label: Exhibition
content: Cultural Expressions
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cheryl Dozier Payne in memory of Anna Mae Queen Holmes, Educator & Historian
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.224.4.4
objectType: label: Type
content: combs (grooming tools)
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: brass and wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 9 × 1 1/2 × 11/16 in. (22.9 × 3.8 × 1.7 cm)