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Metadata
Title |
Child's Shopping Cart from Tatsuda's IGA |
Object # |
2020.2.34.2 A&B |
Object Name |
Cart, Shopping |
Date |
Unknown |
Artist |
Good L Corporation |
Description |
Miniature or child-sized shopping cart from Tatsuda's grocery store at 633 Stedman Street. The cart is also known as a "Kiddie Cart" by the manufacturer Good L Corporation. The setup includes a zinc-finished cart and a removable red plastic basket with Tatsuda's IGA logo. The cart has a rounded handle and four rubber wheels. Mud from the rockslide that destroyed the store is visible in the basket and on the wheels. A. Cart B. Removable basket |
Provenance |
This child's shopping cart was used at Tatsuda's IGA, formerly located at 633 Stedman Street. During the early morning hours of February 27, 2020 a massive rockslide struck Tatsuda's. Dirt, rocks, and trees sloughed off the hillside onto the building, damaging the roof and upending whole aisles of products inside the store. For weeks after the incident, store employees salvaged non-perishable goods and made them available at a temporary location in the Plaza Mall at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This cart is one of three child's carts rescued from the rubble. Mud from the rockslide can still be seen inside the basket and on the wheels. See video 2021.2.30.1 for a video of Christiana Pulju using a shopping cart like this at the grocery store. See February 2021 Artifact of the Month article. |
Material |
Metal/Plastic/Rubber |
People |
Tatsuda Jr., Bill Tatsuda, Katherine |
Search Terms |
Business Children Disaster Food Retail Shopping Grocery Store Tatsuda's IGA Stedman Street Japanese Artifact of the Month article |
Relation |
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Multimedia link |
Link to Artifact of the Month Virtual Exhibit record |
Credit line |
Ketchikan Museums, KM 2020.2.34.2 A&B |