Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
90.58.011
Accession#:
90.58
Credit Line:
Donated by Verna Carrigan.
Object Name:
Postcard
Title:
"An old Sourdough gathering Ice worms at Mendenhall Glacier. " Postcard
Studio:
Winter and Pond
Place:
Juneau
Date:
1920
Description:
Black and white photo with white borders. White lettering at lower right. Old man with hat holds tomato can and picks tubular objects off bank of dirty ice. Reverse printed in light gray. Never used.
Inscription: "An old Sourdough gathering ice worms at Mendenhall Glacier. (circle w/ 'c') Winter & Pond Juneau."
Inscription: "An old Sourdough gathering ice worms at Mendenhall Glacier. (circle w/ 'c') Winter & Pond Juneau."
Notes:
Ice worms, sometimes assumed to be a hoax for the benefit of tourists, do exist, but in no way do they resemble those pictured in postcard. Man is Lloyd Winter.
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"Ice Worms At Mendenhall Glaci
"Ice Worms At Mendenhall Glaci