Object Record
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Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
1967.073.026 |
Object Name |
Glove |
Description |
A buff suede leather glove with brown tweed ribbed knit wool cuff. There is just one finger and the thumb, the rest of the glove is all-one like a mitten. There is a triangular piece of leather sewn above the thumb seam on the palm side. They are lined with wool. A label attached reads: The Barrie Glove & Knitting Co. Limited Kitchener, Ont./No. 9479 OF/ Sample Size 10/ Made Sizes 9-2 - 10 10-2/ Leather Buff - Cow/ Price 8.95 Per Doz. + Tax/ District Ordinance Officer 174 Spadina Ave. Toronto. A slip of paper found inside the glove states: Artillery Gunners One-finger Glove, 1942. |
Date |
1942 |
Dimensions |
W-12.5 L-27.5 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 glove 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 Second World War |