Plastic brush with box from Maes Millinery Shop, 1941-1994. Creator: Gold Tone

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Plastic brush with box from Maes Millinery Shop, 1941-1994. Creator: Gold Tone

Plastic brush (a) with translucent orange plastic handle and white plastic teeth. The back of the brush is covered with gold metal with a decorative metal and rhinestone floral detail at the top and a mirror below it. Original paper packaging (b) is gold and black with black text on two long sides that reads " A / Gold Tone / PRODUCT" and black text on the two short openings that reads " BIJOU / COMB & BRUSH / 1922". 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

Media ID 22167547

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1990s Black History Cultural Heritage Hairbrush Heritage Mae Reeves Maes Millinery Shop Nineties Nmaahc Plastic Reeves Mae

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