Pair of arm length purple gloves from Mae's Millinery Shop

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Pair of arm length purple gloves from Mae's Millinery Shop

1941-1994

Pair of arm length rayon knit dark purple gloves. The gloves are seamed down the exterior side and around the fingers. Each glove has an opening at the wrist that closes with two (2) pearlized purple glass buttons each. A manufacturer's label is sewn to the seam at the interior opening of the left glove that reads "Van Raalte Co. Inc. / RAYON 7 1/2 / MADE IN U.S.A." in blue embroidered text.

Fashion

Business

Van Raalte

Clothing and dress

Reeves, Mae

African American

African Americans

Mae's Millinery Shop

Women

Smithsonian Institution

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