Subject Headings: Buildings, Natural Resources - Mines and Mineral Resources,
Condition: Good
Description: [A building with a porch is shown. A sign above the doorway states "Store".]
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 2007-07-30-23
Collection Name: Scott Turner Collection
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User Comments:
• The Arctic Coal Company store and warehouse #3. The building was originally a hotel placed on Advent Point, on Advent Fjord. The building was prefabricated in Norway and built in 1896 by Vesteraalen Seamship Company, and could accommodate 25 guests. The Arctic Coal Company bought the hotel in 1905 for use in its coal mining operations. The company moved the building to this location, Longyear City, in 1908. A wide variety of goods were sold here, apparently at a very reasonable price. (source: Nathan Haskall Dole, 1922. America in Spitsbergen: The Romance of an Arctic Coal Mine." (Boston: Marshall Jones Company.)'Spitzbergen' is also spelled 'Spitsbergen,' and is now known as 'Svalbard.'" 3/5/2008 6:54:58 PM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher
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3/5/2008 6:54:58 PM by cchartne, Svalbard Researcher