Three packets of buttons 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: Three papers of buttons from Mae's Millinery Shop.
label: Description
content: .1) Seven (7) brown faux leather plastic buttons on a paper backing. Text printed on the packaging says, “Unusual value in fashion buttons” along the top.
label: Description
content: .2) Five (5) large brown faux leather plastic buttons on a paper backing inside of plastic packaging. Text printed on the paper packaging says, “Unusual value in fashion buttons” along the top.
label: Description
content: .3) Four (4) green and gold metal buttons on a paper backing in plastic packaging. Text printed along the top of the paper says, “Supreme / 4/$1.00 / Dept.173”.
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: 2010.6.70.1-.3
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (fasteners)
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: paper, metal, and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (1): 5 3/4 x 4 x 1/2 in. (14.6 x 10.2 x 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2): 6 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 in. (15.2 x 11.4 x 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (3): 5 1/4 x 4 x 1/2 in. (13.3 x 10.2 x 1.3 cm)