Business cards from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Printed 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: Eight (8) business cards for Mae Reeves (.1-.8) all alike made from white cardstock with black printed text that read: "GRanite 6-6516 / Mae Reeves / Exclusive Custom Made Hats by 'Mae' / Draping Remodeling / 41 North 60th Street Philadelphia 39, Pa." A woman in a maid's uniform holding a large hat box is printed in the upper left corner. The reverse of .1-.4, .6, and .8 are blank. Handwritten in pencil upside down on the reverse of .5 is the text: "189-16-5978". Handwritten in pencil on the reverse of .7 is the text: "SH / 75453".
label: Description
content: One (1) business card for James W. Grant (.9) made from white cardstock with black printed text that reads: "Phone EVergreen 2-1557 / JAMES W. GRANT / CUB SCOUT MASTER - PACK No. 93 / DEMOCRAT COMMITTEEMAN - 1st DIV.-24th WARD / 309 NORTH 33rd STREET PHILADELPHIA 4, PA." Handwritten text in pencil on the reverse is scribbled over and now illegible.
place: label: Place collected
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Millinery
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Exhibition
content: Power of Place
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051
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: 2010.6.71.1-.9
objectType: label: Type
content: business cards
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: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2010.6.71.1-.8 each): 2 × 3 1/2 in. (5.1 × 8.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2010.6.71.9): 1 15/16 x 3 1/2 in. (4.9 x 8.9 cm)