Printed inspirational quote from Mae's Millinery Shop: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A framed printed inspirational quote from Mae's Millinery Shop. The text on the print (a) reads [Is it consistent with honorable principles?]. The [I] is larger than the rest of the text and decorated with a red colored illumination. The reverse is blank.

The frame (b) is dark wood with glass and a cardstock backing. A length of wire is attached to a metal loop on either short side of the frame so it can hang horizontally on the wall. Nails hold the glass and paper back in place.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1941-1994
• Created by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
• Subject of: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
• Type: prints
• Medium: a: ink on paper;
• Medium: b: wood, glass, and metal
• Dimensions: H x W (a): 6 1/2 × 13 3/8 in. (16.5 × 34 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (b): 7 3/8 × 14 1/8 × 1/2 in. (18.7 × 35.9 × 1.3 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: 2010.6.2ab
• 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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