Object Details
Created by
Unidentified
Owned by
Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
Subject of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
Description
Framed portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. Frame is black with gold detail surrounding the inner edge. Image shows King, Jr. in dark suit and tie. Tie is pinstriped blue and white with white polka dots. Along the bottom of the image is a small horizontal white band with black cursive text reading "We Shall Overcome". The print is covered in plastic within the frame.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
Date
1960-1970
Object number
2013.27.5ab
Restrictions & Rights
© Rolls Press/Popperfoto/Getty Images
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Type
chromolithographs
portraits
Medium
lithographic ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W x D (framed): 14 15/16 x 12 x 15/16 in. (37.9 x 30.5 x 2.4 cm)
Place collected
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
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Collection title
Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Black Enterprise
Business
Civil Rights
Millinery
Photography
Social reform
Women
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2013.27.5ab