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Salmon can, "Peter Pan" brand, ca. 1929

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Stuart Trick was an Alaskan cannery worker who hailed from Washington. He used this can to send a letter, dated July 1929 and detailing his experiences, to his mother from the Peter Pan salmon cannery in Chomley, Alaska.
ID Number: 2006.66.1
Date: Circa 1929
Physical Description: 1 Can, Food Storage; tin, paint; 4.75 in.H x 3 in. Diam
Place Made: United States of America, WASHINGTON, Seattle
Credit: MOHAI, 2006.66.1
Subjects: Fish and Fishing, Businesses and Corporations, Alaska
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