Museum object · hat blocks
Wooden hat block from Mae's Millinery Shop
1941-1994
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
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.
Carved wooden hat block with a flat base and an asymmetrical curved upper form. There is a large circular hole at the center of the underside of the base.
- Catalog date
- 1941-1994
- Recorded places
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Black Enterprise; Business; Millinery; Women
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2010.6.31
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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