Gloves

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Gloves

Entry/Object ID

CW 3406 a-b

Description

Mitten. Pair child's mittens; dark red wool knit with dark brown cuffs and thumb tips. No date given. No condition given. CW 3406 a Left Mitten CW 3406 b Right Mitten Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Material

Wool

Provenance

Notes

Donor: "George Clarence Johnson; Born: 9/20/1881, Died: 10/5/1965. George C. Johnson attended Friends Central School and Drexel Institute. He worked for Horace Trumbauer for some 25 years; there he was in charge of supervising details, specifications and the superintendence of projects. From 1937 to 1939 Johnson served as assistant architect with the Pennsylvania State General State Authority." Johnson was a member of the T-Square Club and joined the AIA in 1945, reaching emeritus status in 1962." (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings: https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display_projects.cfm/49382)