Museum object · Tools and Equipment
Three packets of buttons 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.
Three papers of buttons from Mae's Millinery Shop. .1) Seven (7) brown faux leather plastic buttons on a paper backing. Text printed on the packaging says, “Unusual value in fashion buttons” along the top. .2) Five (5) large brown faux leather plastic buttons on a paper backing inside of plastic packaging. Text printed on the paper packaging says, “Unusual value in fashion buttons” along the top. .3) Four (4) green and gold metal buttons on a paper backing in plastic packaging. Text printed along the top of the paper says, “Supreme / 4/$1.00 / Dept.173”.
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Catalog reference: 2010.6.70.1-.3
