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Wooden cigar box 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.

A rectangular wooden cigar box with hinged lid. Text reading "EL PRODUCTO / QUEENS" is carved into the front side and the top of the lid, then filled in with black ink. Above the text is a medallion of a man in profile. Below the text is a lyre. The inside bottom of the box is lined with cloth.

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Catalog reference: 2010.6.72

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