Object Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
1967.073.018 |
Object Name |
Glove |
Description |
A brown leather glove with a semi-circular piece covering the fingers. The semi-circular piece can be folded back and snapped to the upper part of the glove. There is a strap at the wrist with a snap. The snap has a red plastic cover marked: Barrie Glove WB. There is a paper label inside that states: WB Barrie Gloves Wear Best/ The Barrie Glove & Knitting Co. Limited/ Kitchener, Ont./ Royal Canadian Air Force Special Gauntlet Glove/ 1942. The gloves are lined with wool fleece. |
Date |
1942 |
Dimensions |
W-18 L-35 cm |
History |
The Barrie Glove and Knitting Company was originally called the Berlin Robe and Clothing Company. It was in operation from around 1903 until the mid-1930s, and specialized in the manufacture of imitation buffalo robes and overcoats. Principle investors were George Moore, George Redpath Barrie, Robert Barrie Moore, and John Douglas Moore. In the mid-1930s, the company was taken over by Walter Turnbull Barrie (1886-1985), son of George Redpath Barrie (1847-1929) and Mary Carrick (1854-?). Walter had been an employee at the Robe and Clothing Company, and in 1916, he married Elizabeth Moore (1892-1978), daughter of John Douglas Moore (1843-1917) and Elizabeth Moffat (1852-1904). The company name was changed to the Barrie Glove and Knitting Company Limited but the factory remained at 40 Ontario Street, Kitchener. The company focused on manufacturing gloves and glove linings, and held several patents in the 1940s. During the Second World War, the company had a contract to supply gloves to the military. The company closed in the late 1960s, and the factory building was demolished. The location is now a parking lot. |
Search Terms |
Barrie Glove and Knitting Company Limited Royal Canadian Air Force Second World War |