Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2010.08.001
Accession#:
2010.08
Credit Line:
Donated by Michael Fleischhauer.
Object Name:
Sign
Title:
"Off Limits" Sign
Year Range from:
1941
Year Range to:
1945
Description:
Sign, "Off Limits for Soldiers."
Black lettering on a white painted board. On the front is painted in all capitals: "OFF LIMITS / FOR SOLDIERS ! " Multiple holes at all four corners, where the sign was nailed to a secondary surface.
Notes:
House currently owned by Kent Dawson.
Military made certain bars and houses of ill repute off limits to soldiers. The sign would have been made and posted by Military Police.
Found in the house at the corner of Gold and Calhoun Streets. First house on your left going up the hill from Cope Park toward the Governor's Mansion.
People:
Fleischhauer, Michael
Gulyas, Paul
Search Terms:
WW2
Military
Vice
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"Off Limits for Soldiers!