Mae's Millinery Shop Note Cards : Clarkson Potter : 9780525574804 : 0525574808 : 30 Jan 2024 : In collaboration with the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, this stylish, illustrated set of twelve note cards celebrates the life and work of Mae Reeves, one of Philadelphia's first Black female business owners. Mae Reeves was the founder of Mae's Millinery Shop, the renowned hat design store that Mae started in 1940--a portion of which the Smithsonian recreated in the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Mae's Millinery Shop Note Cards features illustrations of Mae Reeves's most iconic "showstoppers," as she called her hats--with twelve note cards (six designs that each repeat), envelopes, and a foldout pamphlet detailing the history of the hats and the impact Mae had on African American history. Whether they were covered in vibrant flowers, adorned with delicate beading, or emblazoned with a brooch, the hats created in Reeves's sh