“...she wore gloves out-of-doors.”
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As a kid who lived on Long Island in the 1960’s I made frequent trips with my family into Manhattan.
The men of that era would literally wear a suit just to go the corner store to pick up a quart of milk. White shirt, tie.....the whole nine-yards.
People were different back then, especially the older generations.
And no one had tattoos, unless they were in the Navy or a former Navy enlisted man.