1981.1

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Details

ID Number

1981.1

Category

Personal Artifacts

Sub-category

clothing - accessory

Item Name

glove

Materials

LEATHER, UNKNOWN TEXTILE, WOOL

Measurements

overall: 22 cm x 37cm (length)

Description

Black and burgundy; leather gloves with fleece lining; machine sewn; fingers are divided into 3 sections: thumb, index finger, other fingers; adjustable dome-fastened strap at wrist; three rows of stitching radiate from wrist towards fingers.

History

Belonged to the donor's father, A.J. Reaume, a resident of LaSalle. He used the gloves during "dockdays" in LaSalle when he would drive in open-air cars for the rumrunners, circa 1929.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Topic

Detroit River / Rivière Détroit

Subjects

French Canadians / Canadiens-français subject

LaSalle (Ont.) place

Liquor subject

Prohibition subject

Reaume, A.J. person