Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

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Title: Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Ships, Harbors, Railroads - Buildings and Structures
Condition: Good
Description: Spitzbergen, '09. Advent Bay. Landing cows. 46. [A cow is being lowered by rope to a row boat near the shore. Another ship, the Laura, is anchored nearby].
Source of Description: Front of photograph [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Cynthia Callan
Date of Photo: 1909
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 7.0 cm x 7.4 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MS018-002-022
Collection Name: Scott Turner Collection
Terms of Use: Rights to reproduce and distribute this image may be restricted. Contact the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections for further information.
User Comments:
• To feed its workforce well and avoid sicknesses such as scurvy, the Arctic Coal Company kept a stock livestock, such as cows and pigs, at Longyear City.
3/17/2008 10:11:13 AM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher