Title

Metal lipstick holder from Mae's Millinery Shop, 1941-1994. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Gold-colored metal lipstick holder (a) with rhinestone decoration on top of lid (b). Rhinestones are arranged in a circle. 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.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A72_467

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

4,5Mb (110,2Kb) / 3,1in x 5,6in / 927 x 1681 (300dpi)

Keywords

people black fashion shopping shop shops country museum color decoration decorative dress makeup location century cosmetics make-up lipstick African American African-American 1940s afro-american Forties United States of America Nineties Colour rhinestone 20th century rhinestones heritage American America USA 1990s decade object united states Unknown Reeves cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art diamante diamanté National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Heritage Art Mae's Millinery Shop Mae Reeves Mae lipsticks