Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2005.15.001
Accession#:
2005.15
Credit Line:
Donated by Annette G. E. Smith.
Object Name:
Latch
Title:
Small metal latch from the Princess Sophia wreck
Date:
01/01/1918
Description:
Small metal door latch from the Princess Sophia. Roughly square with lobes at top and bottom corners that have holes for attaching with screws. Lobe on proper right, flat side on proper left. L—shaped bar slides to the proper left to latch shut.
Notes:
From the stern, near the bar. No wood attached when found. Latch was soaked by donor for several months in fresh water to loosen accretions.
People:
Smith, Annette G.E.
Search Terms:
disaster
shipwreck
maritime
S.S. Princess Sophia
shipwreck
maritime
S.S. Princess Sophia
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