Twenty receipts and a business card from Mae's Millinery Shop: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A collection of twenty (20) receipts and one (1) business card attached to a receipt spike [2010.6.13.1] from Mae's Millinery Shop. The receipts are dated between 1990 and 1995. Some include the name of the customer.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1990s
• Written by: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
• Subject of: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
• Type: receipts
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Smallest): 2 x 3 1/2 in. (5.1 x 8.9 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Largest): 4 15/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.5 x 9.8 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: 2010.6.13.2.1-.21
• 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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