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Lipstick container lid from Mae's Millinery Shop

1941-1994

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A gold-toned metal tube with a closed flat top, likely the top of a lipstick container.

Catalog date
1941-1994
Recorded places
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; Beauty culture; Black Enterprise; Business; Millinery; Women

Sources & collection details

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: 2010.6.113.3

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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