Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2004.58.020
Accession#:
2004.58
Credit Line:
Donated by Brian Wallace.
Object Name:
card
Title:
Percy's Cafe Card with Fire Calls
Date:
10/01/1930
Scope & Content:
Percy's Cafe folded paper business card on creamy paper with blue printing. On front: Percy's 218 Front Street Phone 94. Fold is at top. Back is blank. Inside are 45 fire calls of various locations, beginning with 1—2 for Cedar Park, West Juneau and ending with 6—1 Evergreen Avenue at Seater St. Buildings mentioned included AJ Office, Sawmill, Thibodeau grocery, Alaska Coastal Airlines, West Coast Grocery, Show White apts, Manthey's Warehouse, Standard Oil, Home Grocery, and Home hotel
Materials: paper, ink
Materials: paper, ink
Dates of Creation:
10/01/1930
Notes:
belonged to donor's parents, Amos and Dorothy Wallace
from Brian Wallace: BRIAN WALLACE 12/27/2004
Fire Call list...sirens were on little towers made just for them. Used until pagers came in during the late 70's or early 80's. 5—2 was Brians, over on 8th and C street. To set it off, you pulled a little red box with a toggle. Once, a kid was swept down Gold Creek, and Brian and his friend witnessed it. The friend pulled the toggle and the boy was saved, but suffered a personality change and was ostracized by the other children.
Downtown made a sound like "HO!!"
High school area made a sound like "RUMPF!"
The order you heard these depended on where you were located relative to them. Brian saw a raven knocked off a telephone wire once from the siren.
Brian took his first news photo in 1967, but it wasn't used until 20 years later. Fairbanks flood…Chena River overflowing onto airport road near where they were living. Amos was up there carving two poles. IN 6th grade he built his first darkroom.
from Brian Wallace: BRIAN WALLACE 12/27/2004
Fire Call list...sirens were on little towers made just for them. Used until pagers came in during the late 70's or early 80's. 5—2 was Brians, over on 8th and C street. To set it off, you pulled a little red box with a toggle. Once, a kid was swept down Gold Creek, and Brian and his friend witnessed it. The friend pulled the toggle and the boy was saved, but suffered a personality change and was ostracized by the other children.
Downtown made a sound like "HO!!"
High school area made a sound like "RUMPF!"
The order you heard these depended on where you were located relative to them. Brian saw a raven knocked off a telephone wire once from the siren.
Brian took his first news photo in 1967, but it wasn't used until 20 years later. Fairbanks flood…Chena River overflowing onto airport road near where they were living. Amos was up there carving two poles. IN 6th grade he built his first darkroom.
People:
Wallace, Brian
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