Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2007.22.156
Accession#:
2007.22
Credit Line:
Transferred from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Object Name:
Weight
Title:
Leather Weight Bag
Year Range from:
1950
Year Range to:
1996
Description:
Leather weight bag for holding down the corners of rolled paper documents.
Object is made from two identical round pieces of tan colored leather calf skin, sewn together with orange thread. On the front is written in black marker: "carto". The front is also stamped and printed: "K+E"
The reverse has writing: "U.S.B.M. / CARTO" Underneath the writing it a black line that is drawn through another word: "Wilderness" which has been rubbed out.
Object is made from two identical round pieces of tan colored leather calf skin, sewn together with orange thread. On the front is written in black marker: "carto". The front is also stamped and printed: "K+E"
The reverse has writing: "U.S.B.M. / CARTO" Underneath the writing it a black line that is drawn through another word: "Wilderness" which has been rubbed out.
Search Terms:
Drafting
Map
JMIC
Government
Federal
Mining
Prospecting
Map
JMIC
Government
Federal
Mining
Prospecting
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