Title

Black makeup pencil from Mae's Millinery Shop, 1941-1994. Creator: Maybelline.

Caption

A portion of a makeup pencil with black pigment in a red painted wood pencil. Silver stamped text on the pencil reads: "Maybelline VELVET BLACK U.S.A.". 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

HRM21A73_020

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55,3Mb (1,1Mb) / 16,0in x 13,4in / 4812 x 4020 (300dpi)

Keywords

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