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Purple lipstick container from Mae's Millinery Shop

1941-1994

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Purple plastic and metal tube lipstick container and a small amount of pink lipstick in the bottom of the container.

Catalog date
1941-1994
Recorded places
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; Beauty culture; Black Enterprise; Business; Millinery; Women

Sources & collection details

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: 2010.6.113.2

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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