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Mitt

Object number2013.118.7 a-c

Manufacturer Tweedie Boot Top Company

Dateafter 1919

MediumFelt/Plastic/Metal

Credit LineGift of Jean Woods

DescriptionPair of black fabric mitts and button puller. Each mitt has fourteen black plastic buttons with corresponding button holes. In top center is a thumb hole. Button puller has metal handle in a figure-eight shape with a hook on tip. Handle has an embossed diamond pattern.DimensionsMeasured flat
(a,b) Height: 9.625 ; Width (opened): ~10.25
(c) 3.75 ; .875; .125
Marks(a,b)
Blue stamp on inner lining "4C 1109 21081 / PAT.SEPT 21.15[?]-MAY 15.19".

(b)
Label: "TWEEDIES / BOOTOP / TRADE MARK".

Historical NotesPart of a collection of clothing and accessories from donor Jean Woods' mother, Louise Irwin Woods and other family members including her great uncle and aunt Henrietta H. Ober and Everest D. Ober; her grandparents John Young Woods and his wife Myrtle Brinker Woods; and her great grandmother Margaret Eliza Grove (Irwin). All clothing is concentrated in the 1950s through 1970s with a few pieces from the early 1900s.

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