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:

a: plastic and metal;

b: plastic and metal

Dimensions:

H x W (a): 3 × 2 3/4 in. (7.6 × 7 cm)

H x W x D (b): 2 1/16 × 2 1/8 × 3/4 in. (5.2 × 5.4 × 1.9 cm)

Type:

headgear

Place collected:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1941-1994

Description:

Plastic rain hat (a) folded and placed in to black plastic case (b) from Mae's Millinery Shop. The rain hat has a handle on it so it can be pulled from the case. The black case has a floral design on the front of the flap in pink, blue, and silver. The case closes with one (1) metal snap.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Black Enterprise  Search this

Business  Search this

Clothing and dress  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick

Object number:

2016.48.109ab

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title:

Mae's Millinery Shop Collection

Classification:

Clothing-Historical

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e4e8dfd6-3a4c-4e19-bbbb-6deb21b3db20

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.48.109ab