Sujet

Green circular hatbox with lid from Mae's Millinery Shop, 1941-1994. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Green circular hatbox (a) and lid (b) made from pasteboard painted green. The lid can be fixed to the bottom with two lengths of white cotton twill tape attached to the base. There is white topstitching along the rim and the top edge of the lid. Metal brads are used to hold the sides of the base and the lid, and the bottom of the base to the sides. Mae Reeves (1912-2016) was a pioneering African-American milliner who was famous for her custom-made hats. Her business, Mae's Millinery Shop in downtown Philadelphia, was one of the first shops in the city to be owned by a woman of African American heritage.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_267

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

47,4Mo (1,1Mo) / 38,1cm x 31,1cm / 4504 x 3677 (300dpi)

Mots clés

travel people black fashion shopping shop shops country box museum color dress luggage boxes location century African American African-American 1940s afro-american Forties United States of America Nineties Colour hatbox 20th century heritage American America USA 1990s decade object united states Unknown Reeves cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art hat box National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Heritage Art Mae's Millinery Shop Mae Reeves Mae hatboxes