Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2001.27.028
Accession#:
2001.27
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Bag, Laundry
Title:
White Cloth "Alaska Laundry, Inc." Bag
Date:
1930
Description:
Rectangular white cotton laundry bag with drawstring at top. French seam down one side and across bottom.
Inscription: "ALASKA/LAUNDRY, INC./ZORIC/GARMENT CLEANING SYSTEM/PHONE 15 JUNEAU, ALASKA" on bag front.
"TOM PARICE" printed inside drawstring opening.
"701" printed (or hand written) on front upper left corner.
Notes:
Used by Thomas S. Parke probably between 1925 and 1937, during his early bachelor days in Juneau. Found in a pile of old towels used for utility. Phone 15 number series were used in the Juneau area into the late 1950's. Based on phone number the bag could have been used into the 1960's.
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White Cloth White Cloth "Alaska Laundry, I
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