Museum object · hatpins
Hatpin with amber and gold decorations 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.
Metal hatpin (a) decorated with amber colored beads, rhinestones, and gold colored metal decorations. There is a small metal cap (b) covering the sharp end of the pin.
- Catalog date
- 1941-1994
- Recorded places
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Beauty culture; Black Enterprise; Business; Fashion; 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: 2016.48.94.5ab
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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