Museum object · cosmetics
Black makeup pencil from Mae's Millinery Shop
1941-1994
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
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.
A portion of a makeup pencil with black pigment in a red painted wood pencil. Silver stamped text on the pencil reads: "Maybelline VELVET BLACK U.S.A.".
- Catalog date
- 1941-1994
- Recorded places
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Beauty culture; Black Enterprise; Business; Fashion; Millinery; Women
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2010.6.54.4
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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