Name/Title
Model Star of AlaskaEntry/Object ID
1998.179.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.179.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: INDUSTRIES, ALASKA PACKERS
DATE OR PERIOD: UNKNOWN
OBJECT: MODEL
DESCRIPTION:
CRUDE SHIP MODEL HULL, WHICH APPEARS TO BE HAND-CRAFTED FROM AN UNKNOWN SPECIES OF WOOD. MODEL IS THREE-MASTED AND HAS A CRUDE BLACK-COLORED CORD RIGGING. IT ALSO APPEARS TO BE PAINTED A DARK BROWN COLOR AND IS TRIMMED IN BLACK COLOR.
SIZE: L 7-1/2" X H 4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SAILING VESSEL MODEL OF THE "STAR OF ALASKA," MADE ON BOARD SHIP WHILE SAILING TO ALASKA. THE MODEL WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF MS PORTER'S MUSEUM COLLECTION, WHICH WAS HOUSED IN WASHINGTON SCHOOL. IT WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1956 AND HERETOFORE NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
ALAMEDA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ALAMEDA, CA
CATALOGED: MARCH 21, 1998Interpretative Labels
Label
3/12/2020 MvL: current label:
Hand-carved Alaska Packers Sailing Vessel
This model of the "Star of Alaska" was carved by a sailor on board this ship while en route to Alaska.