Collection context
Summary
Background
- Scope and content:
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The S. S. Yukon, Alaska Steamship Company Menu Collection consists of 16 dinner menus, one Alaska Steamship Company, Alaska Line route map, and one Alaska Line envelope. This collection belonged to Ann and George Gabriel, the aunt and uncle of donor Jane Kotz. Ann Gabriel was a cook for the military on Kodiak Island during World War II. Her husband, George, served as a cook on ships that transported troops to and from the island. The menus are breakfast, lunch and dinner menus from the S. S. Yukon, one of the ships of the Alaska Steamship Company line. The captain of the Yukon was C. A. Glasscock, Lieut. Commander, U.S.N.R. The menus are all from the year 1941. Several of the menus have cover-art reproductions of dry-point engravings by Eustace Paul Ziegler. One contains photographs of the Alaska Line fleet. Eight contain reproductions of portraits of dogs by the Alaskan artist Josephine Crumrine.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Jane Kotz. Accession number: 2002.3
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Menus
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open to research under the terms of use of the Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University.
- Terms of access:
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Materials in the Department of Archives and Special Collections may be subject to copyright. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, Loyola Marymount University does not claim ownership of the copyright of any materials in its collections. The user or publisher must secure permission to publish from the copyright owner. Loyola Marymount University does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or of publication rights held by the original author or artists or his/her heirs, assigns, or executors.
- Preferred citation:
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S. S. Yukon, Alaska Steamship Company, Menu Collection . Loyola Marymount University, Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library
- Location of this collection:
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1 LMU DriveLos Angeles, CA 90045-2659, US
- Contact:
- (310) 338-5710