Plastic brush with box from Mae's Millinery Shop, 1941-1994. Creator: Gold Tone.

Plastic brush with box from Mae's Millinery Shop, 1941-1994. Creator: Gold Tone.

2-832-521 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Plastic brush (a) with translucent orange plastic handle and white plastic teeth. The back of the brush is covered with gold metal with a decorative metal and rhinestone floral detail at the top and a mirror below it. Original paper packaging (b) is gold and black with black text on two long sides that reads "A / Gold Tone / PRODUCT" and black text on the two short openings that reads "BIJOU / COMB & BRUSH / 1922". Mae Reeves (1912-2016) was a pioneering African-American milliner who was famous for her custom-made hats. Her business, Mae's Millinery Shop in downtown Philadelphia, was one of the first shops in the city to be owned by a woman of African American heritage.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Gold Tone, attributed to: : Maker, manufacturer
People Related
  1. Mae Reeves: American, African-American: Milliner

Medium
  1. Boxes (containers)
  2. Hairbrushes

Picture Type
  1. Heritage art
  2. Object

Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Fashion & Dress

Lifestyle & Leisure Health & Beauty


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4415x3708
File Size : 47,962kb


Aliases

  1. 2016.48.88ab
  1. NMAAHC-ADA7142B6CEF2_4002
  1. 0990005770
  1. 2-832-521
  1. 2016.48.88ab
  1. 2832521

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