Gloves, Estelle Adkins

 
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Mrs. Bailey's short white kid formal gloves
Gloves, Estelle Adkins
Mrs. Bailey's short white kid formal gloves
Mrs. Bailey's short white kid formal gloves

Gloves, Estelle Adkins

Object number1955.040.01-02
DateJanuary 14, 1941
Associated LocationLittle Rock, Arkansas
MediumKid Leather
Dimensions10 3/8 × 3 1/2 in. (26.3 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionEstelle Adkins' white leather wrist-length gloves she wore to Governor Homer Adkins's Inaugural Ball on January 14, 1941.

    Estelle Adkins was born on July 31, 1889 in Hermanville, Mississippi. She married Homer M. Adkins in 1921. Estelle served as the thirty-second First Lady of Arkansas from 1941 to 1945. She also was a Registered Nurse and used her skills during WWII in recruiting for the Army Nurse Coups and the Red Cross. She also volunteered for the American Legion. She died on November 13, 1985.
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