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Clothing label for Mae Reeves from Mae's Millinery Shop

1941-1994

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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

A clothing label from Mae's Millinery Shop. It is made from cream silk with machine embroidery of silk thread in burgundy and gold that reads "Made Especially / FOR YOU BY". Beneath the embroidery the name "Mae Reeves" is stamped in red ink. The text is surrounded by a scalloped gold border.

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Catalog reference: 2010.6.66.8

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