Permanent Collection Objects

Juneau—Douglas City Museum

2014.01.021 A—Z

2014.01

Transferred from the Alaska State Museum.

Rivet

Box of Copper Rivets by Crescent

1890

1940

Paper box (A) with black text on an orange background. The box contains twenty—five (25) copper crescent rivets (B—Z). Text on the front of the box reads: "REGISTERED TRADE MARK \ CRESCENT \ BELT FASTENERS \ PATENTED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD \ Make Good Belts \ Give Better Service \ CRESCENT BELT FASTENER CO. \ 247 PARK AVE, NEW YORK, U.S.A.". Text on the bottom and top of the box reads: "ONE LARGE \ CROSS SHANK \ L9 \ sixteenths \ CRESCENT RIVETS". Text on the back of the box reads: "COMPLETE \ CRESCENT \ JOINING \ Cross Section \ Outside Pulley side \ STRAIN EVENLY DISTRIBUTED \ CURVED TO FIT PULLEY \ NO PUNCHED HOLES \ NOTHING TOUCHES PULLEY \ NO WEAR — — — — NO NOISE". Text on the left side of the box reads: "CRESENT RIVETS \ SELF PIERCING AND SELF CLINCHING \ Are made in three sizes of various lengths. They are of special material \ and construction for attaching various sizes of Crescent Plates as shown in \ descriptive catalogue." Text and illustrations on the right side of the box describe the different types and sizes of rivets. Text on the flap attached to the top of the box reads: "Alwyas drive Crescent Rivets so prongs can be \ clinched ACROSS the belt. \ Always use Crescent Large Shank Rivets 3—16" \ longer than the thickness of the bell to allow for \ proper clinch." There is an illustration of a man holding a rivet over a piece of something and a hammer.
The twenty—five (25) rivets are made of copper. They have a flat head and have two spokes. Text on the top of the rivet reads: "CRESCENT \ REC".

The collection is assumed to have been collection from the old AJ Generator Shed in the Last Chance Basin. The collection was on long term loan to the Alaska State Museum from the 1960—1970s until December 2013 when the Alaska State Museum dismantled their mining.

Mining
Mine
Last Chance Basin
Last Chance Gold Mining Co.
AJ