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Photograph of Mae Reeves and a group of women standing on stairs

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    Object Details

    Photograph by

    Hall and Hall Photo Service, American

    Subject of

    Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
    Unidentified Woman or Women

    Description

    A black-and-white photograph of seven women standing on an a flight of stairs. Mae Reeves stands to the farthest right on the lowest step and wears a white hat and floral patterned handbag. The women are all well dressed and wearing hats, two of the women in the front are also carrying hatboxes. Embossed in the lower left corner of the photo is [HALL AND HALL / PHOTO SERVICE / PHILADELPHIA, PA.]

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.

    Date

    ca. 1950

    Object number

    2010.6.45

    Restrictions & Rights

    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    gelatin silver prints
    portraits

    Medium

    silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

    Dimensions

    H x W (Image): 7 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (19.7 x 24.4 cm)
    H x W (Sheet): 7 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. (20 x 24.8 cm)

    Place collected

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Collection title

    Mae's Millinery Shop Collection

    Classification

    Photographs and Still Images

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Fashion
    Millinery
    Photography
    Women

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54e93b80b-f8a7-4d11-b431-06906db90a68

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2010.6.45

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