Photograph by:

Hall and Hall Photo Service, American  Search this

Subject of:

Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016  Search this

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

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)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place collected:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date:

ca. 1950

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.]

Topic:

African American  Search this

Fashion  Search this

Photography  Search this

Women  Search this

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.

Object number:

2010.6.45

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

Mae's Millinery Shop Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

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

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.6.45