Fourteen newspaper and magazine clippings from the walls of Mae's Millinery Shop: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Fourteen clipping from magazines and newspapers that were hung on the walls of Mae's Millinery Shop. The clippings vary in size and age but all feature hats in some way. [1] is a newspaper clipping of C. Delores Tucker and Rosa Parks, likely taken in the mid-1980s, [2] is a newspaper clipping of a dress advertisement, [3] is a newspaper clipping of an article about the Color of the 50s, [4] is a clipping of a mechanical print of three hat styles on medium weight machine made paper, [5] is a newspaper clipping featuring a color photograph of a woman wearing a turban style hat, [6] is a magazine cut out featuring color photographs of models wearing dresses on both front and back, [7] is a newspaper clipping of a photo of two women, Alfreda and Cocabean from a production of the play "All Roads Lead Home" by Ed Shockley, [8] is a magazine cutting from the fall of 1985 featuring a woman is a broad rimmed red hat, [9] is a magazine page featuring color photographs of women wearing hats on front and back, [10] is a clipping of a mechanical print of three hat styles on medium weight machine made paper, [11] is a newspaper clipping from the Philadelphia Inquirer, March 17, 1983 featuring a millinery advertisement, [12] is a cutout from Essence magazine and features an advertisement with a woman in a leopard print hat, scarf and purse, [13] is an H&K cutout, commercial print on glossy paper, and [14] is a cutout of a woman in a fur trimmed black hat, commercial print on glossy paper.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1980-1990
• Created by: The Philadelphia Inquirer, American, founded 1829
• Created by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
• Subject of: Rosa Parks, American, 1913 - 2005
• Subject of: C. Delores Tucker, American, 1927 - 2005
• Subject of: Essence Magazine, American, founded 1970
• Subject of: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
• Type: clippings
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (1): 6 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (16.5 x 18.1 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2): 11 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (29.2 x 13.3 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (3): 10 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (26 x 16.5 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (4): 6 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (17.1 x 21.6 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (5): 5 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (14.6 x 17.1 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (6): 9 3/4 x 8 in. (24.8 x 20.3 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (7): 5 x 6 in. (12.7 x 15.2 cm)
• Place collected: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Enterprise
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Fashion
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Millinery
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2010.6.5.1-.14
• 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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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Philadelphia Inquirer Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.