Photo card of mannequin head & hat with personal note from Mae's Millinery Shop: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A color photograph adhered to a postcard with black manuscript ink and self-adhesive return address label and black stamp ink found in the file box 2010.6.33.1 from Mae's Millinery Shop. The photograph features a female mannequin wearing a wide brimmed black hat. The photograph is glued to a piece of cardstock. On the side with the photograph is a handwritten note. The other side contains the mailing address of Mae's Millinery Shop, the issuing address, and postal stamp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1996
• Created by: LMA Sales Corp, American
• Received by: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
• Subject of: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
• Type: photographs
• Type: postcards
• Medium: ink on paper, adhesive, dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14 cm)
• Place collected: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Black Enterprise
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Millinery
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2010.6.33.10
• 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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