Blue and white hat with blue tulle streamer from Mae's Millinery Shop

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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.

Bucket-style hat designed by Mae Reeves made from clear plastic mesh formed into a high round crown and a short round brim. Pale blue and white plastic straw is woven into the mesh in a striped pattern. A pale blue tulle hat band is tied into a knot with a pouf on the proper right side of the hat with the two ends left long as streamers, one being very long and extending below the wearer's shoulder. Beneath the tulle is a second hat band of pale blue grosgrain ribbon with a flat bow made of the plastic mesh tied at the proper right side. The ribbon and mesh band is now completely obscured by the tulle. An ivory fabric designer label with black printed text is adhered to the center back interior of the hat that reads: "Mae Reeves / OF / PHILADELPHIA".

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