Airline freight tag from Mae's Millinery Shop: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Paper freight tag printed in red ink. One side of the label has the printed text "A / AF 20094 / BAGAGE ENREGISTRE EN FRANCE / AIR FRANCE". The other side of the label has printed text and handwritting in black ink that reads: "A / [hand] PAL / [print] vol no. [hand] NA603 / [print] via [hand] NYC / [print] vol no [hand] 977". A string is looped and tied through a reinforced circular hole at the center top of the tag.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1941-1994
• Printed by: Air France, founded 1933
• Owned by: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
• Subject of: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
• Type: labels (identifying artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 5 3/4 x 2 5/16 in. (14.6 x 5.9 cm)
• Place collected: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Enterprise
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Millinery
• Topic: Transportation
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2010.6.106
• Credit Line: 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.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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