Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2014.01.009
Accession#:
2014.01
Credit Line:
Transferred from the Alaska State Museum.
Object Name:
Filter, Assaying
Title:
Box of Willson Improved Filter Discs
Year Range from:
1890
Year Range to:
1940
Description:
Cardboard container. Main center section of container is tan cardboard. The two ends are gray cardboard. The two ends would be removable but are secured at points with adhesive. Paper label with black typed text is on the side of the container and also helps secure the top gray end. Text on the label reads: "The Willson Improved Filter Disc \ for use with \ Willson Dustite Respirators \ Nos. 11, 22, 55, & 66 \ The Filters In This Box Are: \ 15% Wool 17% Reused Wool \ 60% Cotton 8% Rayon \ Willson Products, Inc. \ Reading, Pa., U.S.A. \ Printed in U. S. A. Made in U. S. A.".
Notes:
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.
Search Terms:
Mining
Mine
Last Chance Basin
Last Chance Gold Mining Co.
AJ
Mine
Last Chance Basin
Last Chance Gold Mining Co.
AJ
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