Perfume bottle and lid for Fame by Corday from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Parfums Corday, Inc.
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 clear glass perfume bottle (a) and gold metal lid (b) with an oval paper label adhered to the front of the oval bottle. The label is pink with cream and gold text reading "FAME / Spray Cologne / CORDAY / 2.25 OZ. NET WT. / BLENDED IN USA WITH DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED ESSENCES". The letter "H" is in raised lettering on top of the lid.
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: Accessories and Personal Effects
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: 2010.6.108ab
objectType: label: Type
content: perfume bottles
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: glass, metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (14 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm)