Green and gold makeup box from Maes Millinery Shop, 1941-1994

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Green and gold makeup box from Maes Millinery Shop, 1941-1994

An empty makeup box for loose powder. The ovular container (a) is covered on the exterior sides with green and gold foil in a stylized floral design. It reads " Wind Song PERFUMED DUSTING POWDER" in green along the bottom edge of one short side. The bottom of the container is made from hard white plastic with molded lettering on the bottom that reads: " PRINCE MATCHABELLI, INC. DIST. / PERFUMED DUSTING POWDER NET WT. 5 OZ. / GREENWICH, CONN. 06830". The interior of the container is lined with pasteboard. The lid (b) is made from clear plastic and is slightly convex with a molded logo at the center of a crown inside a circle. Mae Reeves (1912-2016) was a pioneering African-American milliner who was famous for her custom-made hats. Her business, Maes Millinery Shop in downtown Philadelphia, was one of the first shops in the city to be owned by a woman of African American heritage

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