Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
99.21.046
Accession#:
99.21
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Trap
Title:
Jaw Type Animal Trap, No. 1, w/ Anchoring Chain
Date:
1940
Description:
Jaw type animal trap. Jaws 4 inches across. Single coilspring attached to wire bail. 1.5 inches diameter release plate has all inscriptions. 0.625 inch by 4 inches base plate has 0.25 inch by 1.625 inch trap release attached to 1 end. Jaws width 0.375 inch. No teeth. Anchoring chain attached to trap with steel pin (total 16.5 inches). 1.75 inches diameter steel wire ring connected to outer end of anchoring chain. Chain of approximately 14 gauge steel wire links. 0.25 inch by 2.625 inches small iron bar attached to chain at 5 inches from trap end of chain.
Inscription: Engraved into release plate: "V" cutout in release plate.
"ONEIDA / JUMP / STOP LOSS / 1 / PAT. NO. 1912457 / MADE IN U.S.A / ANIMAL TRAP CO — LITITZ PA."
Notes:
Collected and preserved by Thomas S. Parke. Collected in northern SE Alaska, likely from abandoned homestead, fox farm or just found in wood. Part of trap collected of T.S. Parke
Patent #1912457 from early 1930s.
Search Terms:
Subsistence
Trapping
T&E
Land Animal
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