Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2005.22.314
Accession#:
2005.22
Credit Line:
Donated by Willette Janes.
Object Name:
Spoon, souvenir
Title:
Small souvenir spoon with gold nugget at tip of handle
Description:
A small, metal spoon with a gold nugget attached to its handle. On the back is a logo, "CH&S".
Notes:
As per June Hall, the back of this spoon is called "fiddle back" and the spoon itslef was a standard issue. The nugget was added later. Typically, a miner or tourist would take a nugget into a jeweler to have it attached to a standard issue spoon during the gold rush era.
People:
Janes, Willette
Search Terms:
business
tourism
tourism
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