Grape Picker’s Gloves
notes: label: Description
content: These gloves, made of nylon and polyester, were marketed as “Pick-Up Country Gloves” by the manufacturer, Napa Glove Company, Inc., in Napa, California. Grape pickers use gloves like this during harvest to help protect their hands. The “supergrip” feature—a web-like pattern of plastic on the surface—helps workers keep hold of the grapes as they quickly cut the clusters from the vines.
label: Description
content: This pair of gloves was purchased for $2.99 at the Napa County Farm Supply store during harvest 1997.
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content: Work and Industry: Food Technology
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content: Food
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content: FOOD: Transforming the American Table 1950-2000
label: Exhibition
content: Food: Transforming the American Table
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.3128.03
label: catalog number
content: 1997.3128.03
label: nonaccession number
content: 1997.3128
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gloves
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 6 in; 22.86 cm x 15.24 cm