| Title |
Winter Quarters, Utah |
| Collection |
Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection |
| File Name |
39222001423040 |
| Photo Number |
19014 |
| Creator |
Anderson, George Edward, 1860-1928 |
| Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Date of Photograph |
ca. 1900 |
| Date |
1900; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904 |
| Subject |
Coal mining; Mine accidents; Disasters; Miners; Houses; Crowds |
| Spatial Coverage |
Utah; Carbon County; Winter Quarters |
| Description |
Image shows a group of Finlanders at the home of the Luoma brothers after a mine explosion. |
| Comment |
Winter Quarters was an old mining town near Scofield in Utah's Carbon County. The town is now a ghost town, but is most remembered for a huge explosion in 1900 that lead to the death of nearly 200 miners. |
| Rights Management |
Digital Image © 2006 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
| Holding Institution |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Relation |
Classified Photo Collection, 979.2 Utah Cities |
| Source Format |
Paper print |
| Source Size |
10 inches x 8 inches |
| Source Donors |
Thomas, David T. |
| Type |
Image |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Format Creation |
Image scanned from print on Epson Scanner at TIFF: 800 dpi. |
| Scanned By |
Karl Nicholson and Earl Hindley, Utah State Historical Society |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6cf9xv6 |
| Setname |
dha_cp |
| ID |
434178 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cf9xv6 |
