Manufactured by:

Unidentified  Search this

Owned by:

Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016  Search this

Subject of:

Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994  Search this

Medium:

cotton, silk, polyester, wood, cardboard, and plastic

Dimensions:

H x W x D (Smallest): 9/16 x 1 in. (1.5 x 2.5 cm)

H x W x D (Largest): 1 9/16 x 2 3/4 in. (4 x 7 cm)

Type:

spools

Place collected:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1941-1994

Description:

Thirteen (13) wooden, cardboard, and plastic spools of thread in varying fibers and colors found in box 2010.6.55.1ab from Mae's Millinery Shop. Spools .8 through .13 are unraveled with the loose ends tangled in a large knot of thread. There are also two (2) paper tags not numbered. Manufacturer labels on the thread include Six Star, Royal Silk Company, Queen Silk Co., J & P Coats, Excell A&E Mills Inc., Brainerd, Armstrong & Co., Woolco, and Beats-All Trimmer's.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Black Enterprise  Search this

Business  Search this

Millinery  Search this

Women  Search this

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.

Object number:

2010.6.55.3.1-.13

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title:

Mae's Millinery Shop Collection

Classification:

Tools and Equipment

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54f77aab7-6d50-4cfc-90be-05fac35b27f7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.6.55.3.1-.13