- Date
- 1958-12
- Kind
- Observation
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communityclothingcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December 1958 Beaver Beacon jokes that Beaver furs had “switched to people,” naming several residents wearing fur hats or coats. The notice is a small piece of community humor and social description.
Evidence limits
It is not a fur-trade record, garment inventory, or provenance record for the clothing mentioned.
Sources
- Humorously says Beaver furs have shifted to people, naming Dick LaFreniere, Rogers Carlisle, and Karl Kuebler with hats, and Musette LaFreniere, Teresa Gallagher, Jo Carlisle, Dorothy McGregor, and Ann Vail with coats. The item is a light newspaper fashion joke, not evidence of fur provenance, garment ownership, or a complete clothing inventory. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1958-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the humorous notice; it does not expand the clothing, economic, or fur record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-12_Beaver-Beacon
Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Beacon jokes about Beaver furs becoming island fashion, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-december-1958-beaver-fur-fashion-joke/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1958, “MORE ISLAND BEAVER FURS.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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