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English: Miner using a windlass to hoist materials from mine during the winter, Fairbanks, Alaska, circa 1907   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Miner using a windlass to hoist materials from mine during the winter, Fairbanks, Alaska, circa 1907
Description
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Fairbanks became a city in 1903. Development in the city peaked in-between 1906-1909 as a result of the mining industry.

Caption on image: A winter mining scene, hoisting at the windlass when 60 below zero, Fairbanks Mining District. [illeg.]rson's Drug Store, Fairbanks, Alaska.

Filed in: Alaska, Mining

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Miners--Alaska--Fairbanks; Hoisting machinery
  • Subjects (LCSH): Windlasses--Alaska--Fairbanks
Depicted place Fairbanks, Alaska
Date circa 1907
date QS:P571,+1907-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Dimensions height: 3.5 in (88.9 mm); width: 5.5 in (13.9 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,3.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,5.5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
1240
Source
English: Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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