Factory Processor’s Gloves
date: label: date made
content: 2007
label: worn
content: 2007
notes: label: Description
content: Despite automation of basic fish processing functions like gutting and filleting, there is still a lot of handwork to be done aboard a factory trawler like the <I>Alaska Ocean</I>. And work around cold water, fresh fish, and heavy machinery means that gloves are a crucial part of a factory worker’s outfit.
label: Description
content: These heavy vinyl gloves were worn by a female fish processor during the summer fishing season in 2007. An estimated 1200 to 1400 pairs of these gloves were being used, cleaned, and reused aboard the <I>Alaska Ocean</I> in 2007.
label: Description
content: In addition to these heavy work gloves, the onboard laundry operation oversaw the distribution of 5,000 pairs of lighter rubber gloves, 800 pairs of cotton gloves, and 1200 pairs of wool gloves. The crew working in the freezer hold, known as the “pain cave,” wore thick, insulated gloves, and lab workers used disposable gloves when conducting tests on products for quality control.
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Alaska
label: Associated Place
content: North Pacific
label: Associated Place
content: Bering Sea
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Pacific Coast
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Fishing
label: related event
content: Contemporary United States
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
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content: On the Water exhibit
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Alaska Ocean thru Jeff Hendricks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0178.16
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0178.16
label: accession number
content: 2007.0178
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gloves
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: synthetic rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/4 in x 5 in x 1 1/2 in; 29.845 cm x 12.7 cm x 3.81 cm