Subject Headings: Buildings, Natural Resources - Mines and Mineral Resources,
Condition: Good
Description: [Image of a building with several windows on one side. A wooden plank serves as a means of entry at the doorway.]
Source of Description: [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Cynthia Callan
Date of Photo: 1915
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 9 cm x 12 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: No Neg 2007-07-30-29
Collection Name: Scott Turner Collection
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User Comments:
• A photograph of bunkhouse #6, built by the Arctic Coal Company in Longyear City in 1913. The interior was likely divided into rooms for four men. The company's 1913 annual report reads: A big bunkhouse, No.6, the duplicate of No.5, to hold 64 men, was built, and the concrete-walled basement was equipped with shelves and hot water heating system to store 60 tons of potatoes (Arctic Coal Company Annual Report, October 1, 1912 to August 31, 1913, Scott Turner, General Manager, Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections, Longyear Collection, Box 4, Folder 13.)'Spitzbergen' is also spelled 'Spitsbergen,' and is now known as 'Svalbard.'" 3/6/2008 9:54:47 AM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher
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3/6/2008 9:54:47 AM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher