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Keywords: Gloves

Historical Items

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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 148516

Lillian Blauvelt’s opera gloves, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Media: Leather, mother of pearl

Tax Records

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Item 37301

141-145 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: William J Dennis Use: Store

Online Exhibits

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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.

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Lillian Nordica: Farmington Diva

Lillian Norton, known as Nordica, was one of the best known sopranos in America and the world at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. She was a native of Farmington.

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Gifts From Gluskabe: Maine Indian Artforms

According to legend, the Great Spirit created Gluskabe, who shaped the world of the Native People of Maine, and taught them how to use and respect the land and the resources around them. This exhibit celebrates the gifts of Gluskabe with Maine Indian art works from the early nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries.

Site Pages

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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…"

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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."

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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…"

My Maine Stories

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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

Story

An Asian American Account
by Zabrina

An account from a Chinese American teen during the COVID-19 pandemic.