The Grubstake, Anchorage, Alaska
N 61° 13.112 W 149° 51.762
6V E 346267 N 6790496
This 3-D fellow works for Grubstake Auction Company in Anchorage, Alaska.
Waymark Code: WM9CBG
Location: Alaska, United States
Date Posted: 07/31/2010
Views: 12
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This fellow is quite the attention grabber as drivers rounds the curve on East 4th Ave (just where it becomes "Post Road") in Anchorage, Alaska.
The website for Grubstake Auction Company advertises that they also sell Connex containers (cargo containers), and this 3-D fellow is sitting on top of a Connex, watching as traffic passes by.
Here is the website for Grubstake Auction Company: (
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Just for fun, I looked up the definition of "grubstake" and found this:
"Definitions of grubstake on the Web:
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funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
An advance payment, or simply an advance, is the part of a contractually due sum that is paid in advance for goods or services, while the balance included in the invoice will only follow the delivery. It is called a prepaid expense in accrual accounting.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grubstake"