Pack : 99.21.028

Collection:

Juneau—Douglas City Museum

Object ID:

99.21.028

Accession#:

99.21

Credit Line:

Donated by Mary Ann Parke.

Object Name:

Pack

Title:

Wood Frame Back Pack

Date:

1940

Description:

Wood frame pack covered with canvas. Canvas laced to pack through brass grommets with cotton "halibut line". 1.74 inch cotton web pack straps screwed to frame at upper end and attached to lower end of frame with adjustable leather strap and buckle. 5 metal screw hooks along each outer edge of frame. Approximately 20 feet of 0.25 inch cotton rope wound around hooks for lashing. Pack is handmade based on commercially produced pack called "Trapper Nelson" per Al Shaw.

Notes:

Used in Juneau area by Thomas S. Parke during 1930s and 1940s.

Search Terms:

Personal Belonging
Recreation
Hunting
Camping
Hiking

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Wood Frame Back Pack

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