Commemorative plate featuring Martin Luther King Jr. from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1964-1968
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A commemorative plate featuring a painted portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on pasteboard in the center of the metal plate. Text printed along the top rim reads "I HAVE A DREAM-FREEDOM FOR ALL MY PEOPLE". Text printed inside a box on the bottom center rim reads "Reverend / Martin Luther King." A brief biography of King, mostly focusing on his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, is printed in black text on the reverse of the plate. A cut-out in the metal at the top of the back of the plate allows for hanging by a nail or hook.
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: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Millinery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
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: 2010.6.25
objectType: label: Type
content: commemoratives
label: Type
content: portraits
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: metal, paint, and ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3/4 × 8 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (1.9 × 21 × 21 cm)