Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Description
- Framed portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. Frame is black with gold detail surrounding the inner edge. Image shows King, Jr. in dark suit and tie. Tie is pinstriped blue and white with white polka dots. Along the bottom of the image is a small horizontal white band with black cursive text reading "We Shall Overcome". The print is covered in plastic within the frame.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
- 1960-1970
- Object number
- 2013.27.5ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Rolls Press/Popperfoto/Getty Images
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- chromolithographs
- portraits
- Medium
- lithographic ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (framed): 14 15/16 x 12 x 15/16 in. (37.9 x 30.5 x 2.4 cm)
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Black Enterprise
- Business
- Civil Rights
- Millinery
- Photography
- Social reform
- Women
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.27.5ab
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5db4696e7-1997-4c09-b3ac-e63a2a7a0b5a
