Glass display case from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Created 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 wood frame display case with glass sides and sliding glass doors on one long side. The doors have a metal handle on the outer side. The top of the case is covered in cream wallpaper. The interior bottom of the case is covered in white, purple, and pink floral paper. The case stands on four (4) short tapered wooden legs.
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
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: 2010.6.189
objectType: label: Type
content: showcases
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, glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 35 × 58 1/2 × 21 1/8 in. (88.9 × 148.6 × 53.7 cm)