Keywords: Gloves
Item 74508
Rubber electrical worker gloves, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Media: Rubber, leather, suede, canvas, brass
Item 74513
Electrical worker leather gloves, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Media: Suede
Item 37301
141-145 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: William J Dennis Use: Store
Exhibit
Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages
"Extending above the elbow, the gloves button at the wrist to allow the wearer to free a hand without completely removing the glove."
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Early Republic era Fashion dolls
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring Early Repulic-era (ca.1780-1820) fashion dolls.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier, Bangor, ca. 1860
"… calf boots with either white silk or white cotton gloves with red stripes on the pants." Below that on the page, he drew a soldier as "a million…"
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Timeline of Events
"… Society Students are introduced to use of gloves when handling artifacts X September 2009 Kristie Littlefield, MCHP Educator Coordinator…"
Story
My Life in Boxing
by Bob Russo
Bob Russo on boxing and his life in Portland
Story
Aroostook Potato Harvest: Perspective of a Six Year Old
by Phyllis A. Blackstone
A child's memory of potato harvest in the 1950s