Title:
Brass Trolling Spoon Blank, 1900-1977
Description:
Many early trollers would make their own spoons using mallets and a hardwood mold or a smoothed rock to shape the spoon. Annealing the thin metal in a campfire or stove maintained the desired shape. Manufacturers in British Columbia and Washington State began mass producing trolling spoons in great numbers in the 1920s.
Collection:
Ketchikan Museum: Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 77.11.2.5
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Spoon blank
Spoon blank
Spoon blank with ruler
Spoon blank
Spoon blank
Spoon blank with ruler