Hat box filled with tools and materials from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Compiled by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Owned by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: Hat box without lid (a) made from a pasteboard bottom printed in cream and gold stripes, and clear plastic sides. The container was used by Mae Reeves to hold the following items:
label: Description
content: (b): Published paper sewing pattern by Kandel Knits for a mini cape, pattern number 653.
label: Description
content: (c): Pair of metal scissors with black painted handles.
label: Description
content: (d): Metal tracing wheel with a marbled cream plastic handle. Made by Dritz.
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content: (e): Ziploc bag containing a black and white plaid ribbon bow and nine (9) cards wrapped with various finishing tapes and trims.
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content: (f): Ziploc bag containing seven (7) cards wrapped in black lace, one (1) length of loose black lace, one (1) length of rolled white fabric trim, and one (1) cream lace collar.
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content: (g): Ziploc bag containing six (6) cards of buttons and seventeen (17) loose buttons, all of various colors and sizes.
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content: (h): Ziploc bag containing three (3) papers of straight pins, one (1) paper of sewing needles, one (1) case of Singer machine sewing needles, one (1) bag of white sequins, one (1) bag of teal sequins, and two (2) loose gold sequins.
label: Description
content: (i): Seven (7) fake flowers loose in the hat box, including six (6) peach roses and one (1) white carnation on a plastic stem with a pinback attached to it.
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: Fashion
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: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.48.106a-i
objectType: label: Type
content: textiles
label: Type
content: buttons (fasteners)
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content: pins (fasteners)
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content: scissors
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content: needles
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content: patterns (guides)
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content: sewing tools and equipment
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content: hatboxes
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: plastic, cloth, metal, and paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 12 13/16 x 12 x 12 in. (32.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)