Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
95.17.023
Accession#:
95.17
Credit Line:
Donated by Gordon Vosti.
Object Name:
Postcard
Title:
Black and White postcard of miner with rock hammer and gold pan
Date:
1910
Description:
Vertical Black and White photo postcard of a young man with a gold pan and rock hammer in PR hand, wearing high lace—up leather, boots, white baggy thighs, a pullover wool plaid jacket and a fisherman style hat. He stands on a wooden planked walkway along the edge of a step hill with the ridge of a mountain in the background.
Notes:
See 95.17.001 Might be James Whipple? Brother in Law of Bart Thane, husband of Laura Thane Whipple James Whipple took over Eagle River mine from B.L. Thane in 1909. Died of stomach cancer in California at the age of 41, 1914.
Search Terms:
Mining
Prospecting
Portrait
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