Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
87.12.005 A—E
Accession#:
87.12
Credit Line:
Donated by the Sealaska Corporation.
Object Name:
Label
Title:
Juneau Cold Storage Labels
Creator:
Morris, Chesebro, Juneau Cold Storage
Date:
1960
Scope & Content:
Five types of labels for fish cans.
a — 2.5 Inch by 4.0 inch oval label with full color printing shows gray halibut along black horizon with dark blue below and orange sunrise or sunset sky blending up to blue sky.
b — 2.5i inch by 4.0 inch oval label with full color printing shows gray and pink salmon along black horizon with dark blue below and sunrise or sunset sky blending up to blue sky.
c — 2.75 inch by 4.0 inch oval label with red outer margin and center lettering o blue background protruding white lettering.
d — 2 . 125 inch by 3.75 inch oval label with black and white lettering. Top half is yellow, lower half is blue. Juneau Cold Storage logo shows intersection of hooklike "J" followed by banner reading "UNEAU" & salmon.
e — 1 .75 inch by 11.0 inch. Gold and blue rectangular label has three sections.
Inscription: a—b — "MAY 3 DISTRIBUTED BY / CHESEBRO, ROBBINS & GRAMS, INC., NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. FISH CLEARINGHOUSE OF AMERICAN / ESTABLISHED 1887"
c — MORRIS BRAND / ALASKA / Salmon and Halibut / Packed & Produced in Alaska / For Morris Fisheries, Inc., Chicago, Illinois"
d — "Packed by Juneau Cold Storage Company Inc. / 356 South Franklin / Juneau, Alaska 99801 / ALASKA SEA FOODS"
e — "Alaska Purchase Centennial" seal with "North to the Future" / "ALASKA SEA FOODS" with Juneau Cold Storage logo / Hand Packed Alaska Sock—eye Salmon".
Material: Paper/Ink
Dates of Creation:
1/1/1960 0:00:00
Notes:
See 87.12.01.

Many labels sold by JDCM; extra copies in documentation file. Registration receipt originally had 87.12.05 a—b, but c—e added in 5/93.
Some slimmer labels — put on fish to identify.
Search Terms:
Fisheries
Cold Storage
Cannery
Food
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