Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2014.01.023
Accession#:
2014.01
Credit Line:
Transferred from the Alaska State Museum.
Object Name:
Fastener, Eyelet
Title:
Ajax Eyelet Fastener
Year Range from:
1890
Year Range to:
1940
Description:
Metal Ajax Eyelet Fastener. Base and handle of fastener are painted black. Circular section at the top rotates when the handle is pushed down. Pushing the handle down also causes a rod to extend from the middle section to the base. Base has a hold on either side where the tool can be attached to a workbench. Text on the rotating circular section reads: "USE AJAX EYELETS ONLY \ AJAX EYELET FASTENER \ MADE BY MACHINE APPLIANCE CORPORATION \ BROOKLYN, NEW YORK U.S.A. \ PAT'D MAR. 7, 1919".
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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