Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company

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Title: Spitzbergen - Arctic Coal Company
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Ships, Natural Resources - Mines and Mineral Resources, History, Modern - 20th Century
Condition: Good
Description: VI 3. 1914. [Two horses and piles of objects are stowed on the bow of a ship].
Source of Description: Front of photograph [Cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Cynthia Callan
Date of Photo: 1914
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 9.1 cm x 14.9 cm
Polarity: Negative
Image No: MS018-006-03
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:
• Horses and eqipment on what appears to be the Arctic Coal Company's ship, the W. D. Munroe. This ship was often the backbone of the company's sea transport needs, as it carried most of the equipment and men to and from the coal-fields of Spitsbergen.
3/31/2008 11:29:28 AM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher