Gloves Gallery

Apollo 16 Moon Plaque Installation , 1972. Creator: NASA

Apollo 16 Moon Plaque Installation , 1972. Working inside the Apollo 16 Saturn V space vehicle at the launch pad, Grumman Aerospace Corporation technician Ken Crow attaches a plaque bearing the names and signatures of the Apollo 16 crew to the front leg of the lunar module's descent stage. The stainless steel plaque, which will remain on the lunar surface, measures 18 by 23 cm (seven by nine inches) and will bear the names of the Apollo 16 astronauts, John W. Young, mission Commander; Thomas K. Mattingly II, Command Module Pilot; and Charles M. Duke, Jr., Lunar Module Pilot

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Seiro Niwaka Onna Geisha no Bu Tojin Shishi Sumo, ca. 1791. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro

Seiro Niwaka Onna Geisha no Bu Tojin Shishi Sumo, ca. 1791. (Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival)

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Training boxing glove signed by Cassius Clay, 1964. Creator: Wilson Sporting Goods Co

Buff-coloured left handed training glove signed by Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali). In ink, in the upper portion of the front of the glove, is a signed note referring to Clay as the next Heavyweight Champion. [From / Cassius Clay / Jan / 1964 / Next Heavyweight Campion / of the World]. Clay (Ali) did in fact become World Heavyweight Champion on 25 February the same year. At the bottom of the glove, above the wrist is an embossed impression of the manufacturer and serial number of the glove [Wilson / MADE IN USA / H1540]. Along the bottom edge of the glove and the opening for the hand is a white band of fabric. Along the back of the glove, across the wrist, is a small band of white elastic. Stitching throughout the glove is white thread

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