NAACP Membership card belonging to Mae Reeves from Mae's Millinery Shop: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A printed card issued to Mae Reeves in 1972. The card is printed on the front with the NAACP name, logo, and year, as well as the Member price of $4.00. Her name (misspelled "May Reese") and address have been typed on the front. The back of the card is printed with the six purposes of the NAACP.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1972
• Issued by: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
• Owned by: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
• Subject of: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
• Type: membership cards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 2 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (6 x 8.6 cm)
• Place collected: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Black Enterprise
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Millinery
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2010.6.9
• 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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