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- Receipt spindle from Mae's Millinery Shop
Receipt spindle from Mae's Millinery Shop
Object Details
- Description
- A metal receipt spindle with the base painted green and a silver spindle. The base is hexagonal with six circular perforations around the top and a cast floral decorative pattern on the sides.
- 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
- Date
- 1941-1994
- Object number
- 2010.6.84
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- tools
- Medium
- paint on iron
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 6 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 2 7/8 in. (17.1 x 6.4 x 7.3 cm)
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Topic
- African American
- Black Enterprise
- Business
- Millinery
- Women
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2010.6.84
- Usage
- CC0
