Miners, Spitsbergen expedition

Maker
George W Miller
Production date
1919
 Description
Six miners and a mining engineer (wearing the homburg) pose beside a Union flag in a desolate landscape. They are warmly dressed in an assortment of woollen jumpers and hats and ex-army jackets and boots.

This photo is not available as a scanned image. You can see the original in the Archives in Callendar House.

Object detail

Department
Photo
Maker
Production date
1919
Subject person
Subject place
Spitsbergen/Norway
Subject notes
The miners were from Bo'ness and were employed at the Bridgeness Colliery. The colliery was owned by H M Cadell who was also a member of the Spitzbergen Syndicate Ltd. Thirteen men from Bo'ness joined the expedition.
Accession number
P02299

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