Spoon, Crawford Transportation Mt. Baldhead
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Silver spoon with the handle end decorated with a profile of a Native American/Indian man with feathered headdress and necklaces The shaft of the handle features a stalk with two ears of corn and a bow and arrow. The bowl of the spoon is adorned a steamship on the Kalamazoo River with Mt. Baldhead in the background. Text on the spoon is "Crawford Boat", "Mt. Baldhead" and "Saugatuck, Mich."
The back of the spoon has a "sterling" stamp with a mark that looks like a burgee flag or pennant.
2022.18.01
From 1909 to 1913 the Crawford Transportation Co. made daily trips from Chicago with the H. W. Williams (later the Tennessee) and other steamships. Mt. Baldhead's appearance on a silver spoon demonstrates its landmark status and popularity.
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