Seam ripper from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Dritz, American, founded 1920
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 Dritz brand seam ripper with a blue plastic handle in an unopened package. The package is made from paper printed with a cream background, and blue and black text. The seam ripper is inside a plastic tube that is adhered to the paper. The back of the paper package has directions for use printed on it in black text. A sales tag is adhered in the upper right front corner.
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: 2010.6.203
objectType: label: Type
content: 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: metal, plastic, cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (In package): 5 x 3 x 3/16 in. (12.7 x 7.6 x 0.5 cm)