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English: Men loading machinery onto the steamer PORTLAND from a Seattle dock, Washington, October 1897   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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H. Ambrose Kiehl  (1865–1942)  wikidata:Q38605082
 
H. Ambrose Kiehl
Alternative names
Hector Ambrose Kiehl
Description American civil engineer, photographer and musician
Date of birth/death 1865 Edit this at Wikidata September 1942 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Dayton Wyoming
Work location
Washington Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q38605082
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English: Men loading machinery onto the steamer PORTLAND from a Seattle dock, Washington, October 1897
Description
English: The Lucile was likely taking prospectors to Klondike during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-8 . On verso of image: Seattle waterfront. Steamer "Portland" October 1897 . Text from Kiehl log: Loading Portland with machinery . Album 2.030
  • Subjects (LCSH): Portland (Steamship); Machinery--Washington (State)--Seattle; Docks--Washington (State)--Seattle; Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Central business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle
Judging by the relative location of the York Hotel, this may be Schwabachers Wharf (site of the current -- as of 2019 -- Waterfront Park).
Depicted place Seattle, Washington
Date 1897
date QS:P571,+1897-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Accession number
244
Source
English: H. Ambrose Kiehl Photograph Collection
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KHL188
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