Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
96.23.001
Accession#:
96.23
Credit Line:
Donated by Rod Williams.
Object Name:
Bag, Laundry
Title:
Cloth Laundry Bag from Alaska Laundry, Incorporated
Date:
1920
Description:
White and beige cotton cloth laundry bag. Bag is rectangle with drawstring sewn along top edge. Stitching is machine done. Drawstring knotted on proper left of bag. Centered on front of bag printed in black ink "ALASKA / LAUNDRY, INC. / ZORIC / GARMENT CLEANING SYSTEM / PHONE 15 / JUNEAU, ALASKA". On reverse side, upper left corner written in blue ink "6708".
Notes:
Joe Williams was manager of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company mine in 1940s—1955. He arrived about 1919. Nora was born in Douglas in 1895.
Search Terms:
Laundry
Household
Clothing
Household
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