Invitation card for cocktails from Mae's Millinery Shop: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An invitation card for cocktails from Mae's Millinery Shop. The card is bi-folded with a color image on the front of a martini and the word "Cocktails". The inside right has pre-printed and handwritten text with the date, location, and host. The back side has the manufacturer logo and copyright printed in black ink.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1941-1994
• Manufactured by: Hallmark Cards, Inc., American, founded 1910
• Owned by: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
• Subject of: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
• Type: invitations
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Folded): 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (11.4 x 8.3 cm)
• Place collected: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Enterprise
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Millinery
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2010.6.200
• 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: © Hallmark Cards, Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.