The Good Luck Glove Co., with locations in Carbondale, Metropolis, Rosiclare and Vienna. For years, the glove company was the third-largest work glove company in the United States. The following is a postcard from my collection notifying of shipment of a large order of gloves. Please if you have any information about the Good Luck Glove Co. leave me a note in the comments below you don't need to log in or anything to leave comments!
AMERICA'S BEST WORK GLOVE VALUE
Unconditionally Guaranteed
Wear Good Luck Brand Quality Gloves
800 ARMOR
815 IRON FACE
Mailed November 10, 1964
Good Luck Glove Co.
Metropolis, IL
Mailed to:
Atlanta Army & Navy Supply
79 Alabama St. SW
Atlanta, Georgia
Gentlemen:
We are pleased to advise that shipment of 68 dozen gloves was made 11/9/64 against order number 26211
Growing up in Metropolis, my childhood home was on the same block with the Good Luck Glove Factory on Market Street. Several people in my neighborhood worked at the factory and was within walking distance to work. They treated their employees pretty good for those days and always had employees gifts on Holidays. Hams and Jellies just to name a couple.For every employee to get a gift was quite an achievment and very generous of the Luries.
ReplyDeleteThank you . Mr lurie was my father in law. I never had a chance to know him but my mother in law Florence was a great woman.
DeleteWhich Lurie was your father in law? My grandmother was a Lurie.
DeleteMy Father worked in the accounting department back in the seventies, may have been early seventies. He worked at the Carbondale Illinois Factory. It was a large operation, and they where very good to their employees. My Father loved working there as long as he did. Sadly, I remember him coming home one day telling us they where closing the company because the Chinese where putting them out of business. Mr. Dan Lurie was a very good employer.
ReplyDeletewould love to see in person, CT Houghten was my great uncle who I unfortunately never got to meet, however, I was lucky enough to find a lot of history in an old family trunk. Id be glad to share with anyone interested, would love to hear any stories re Charles Houghten, Ive grown up hearing what a wonderful man he was.easiest to contact me via FB under Amy Lynn Barker(Palatka, FL)
ReplyDeleteI have a box (blue and white winter scene with snowmobilers) with new gloves inside.
ReplyDeleteBlue Ribbon Ski-Mobile Mittens “American Made” Prime Favorite with Winter Sports Enthusiasts
Fine Luxurious Mittens
Lined with 100percent Orlon Pile du Pont Acrylic Fibre Laminated to Curon the quality foam
Blue Rivbon Division Good Luck Glove Company Carbondale, Illinois 62901
Genuine Top Grain Quality Leather
Stays soft Made in the USA
I am sure my Mom must of bought these for my Dad
My grandma Mary Lawrence worked there 74 years ago. She's 90 now. Was 16 then. At Carbondale plant
ReplyDeleteI have a pair of Good Luck genuine deerskin gloves new with the tags still attached
ReplyDeleteI have a pair of Good Luck genuine deerskin gloves new with the tags still attached
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother Ollie dieckman worked there for years
ReplyDeleteMy dad worked as a salesman for Good Luck Glove Company for probably 20-25 years. He covered Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, and northern Florida. He left every Monday morning and came home every Thursday night most of my life!
ReplyDeleteThe life of a salesman. I suspect this postcards are how the salesmen transmitted orders back to the shop.
DeleteMy mother worked at the Vienna plant and I always remember how exhausted she was at the end of the day but she was proud of the work she did.
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