The Museum of History and Industry in Seattle, WA  is developing a major,
new, hands-on exhibit about salmon fishing and canning.  In Fish and Chips:
People, Nature, and Technology on Puget Sound, visitors will experience the
sights, sounds and, yes, even the smells of life in salmon canneries. =20

The Museum seeks information about the location and acquisition of artifacts
about salmon fishing, processing, and canning.  The exhibit will feature
objects that illustrate how cannery workers did their jobs or played while
waiting for salmon to arrive.  For example:

=B7 what were the tools used to move, clean and butcher salmon?
=B7 what belongings did workers take from one cannery to another during the
quick paced season?
=B7 between processing fish catches, how did cannery workers play?

=93The goal of the exhibit is to explore how technological change-namely
automation-affected communities of workers, the availability of salmon and
the production and distribution of canned salmon,=94 says Sheryl Stiefel,
chief curator and Fish and Chips project director.  =93Fish and Chips tells=
 us
how technology changed the workplace, which is a timeless story when looking
at the affect of computer chips on our lives today!=94

If you know the whereabouts of people, tools or equipment used to harvest
and can salmon, please call Carolyn Marr, assistant librarian at (206)
324-1126  or reply offlist to [log in to unmask]

The Museum is even interested in a purse seiner circa 1925-whole or in=
 pieces.=20