Newspaper Clipping

Photograph

Door County Museum and Archives

Newspaper clipping

Name/Title

Newspaper Clipping

Entry/Object ID

2014.8.5

Description

News clipping with photo of subchaser launching at Peterson Boat Works with Mrs. Elvira Hembel Knueppel cracking the bottle across the bow. Looking on is her son, Roger Kneuppel, and Mr & Mrs Fred Peterson, owner of the shipyard. It is from the Green Bay Press Gazette June 1, 1942.

Collection

Herman Hembel items

Cataloged By

Ginny Haen

Acquisition

Accession

2014.8

Source or Donor

Roger Knueppel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Notes

Date: 06-01-1942

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Newspaper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Serial

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

subchaser, launching, Peterson Boat Works, christening, wooden boat, ships, PC 642, businesses in: Sturgeon Bay, shipbuilding, Peterson Builders, Inc

Location

Drawer

WW II binder

Room

Basement displays room

Date

September 26, 2025

Inventory

Inventoried By

Ginny Haen

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Knueppel, Mrs. Elvira Hembel

Person or Organization

Kneuppel, Roger

Person or Organization

Peterson, Mr & Mrs Fred

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

September 23, 2014

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

August 26, 2026