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English: Survivors of the wrecked FARALLON in makeshift camp, Iliamna Bay, January 1910   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
John E. Thwaites  (1863–1940)  wikidata:Q46211791
 
Alternative names
John Edward Thwaites
Description American postal worker and photographer
– was employed in Alaska by the US federal government as a postal clerk for the Railway Mail Service during the early part of the 20th century, and he traveled the route from Valdez to Unalaska onboard a wood hulled mailboat delivering mail to the coastal communities; he was also an amateur photographer.
Date of birth/death 1863 Edit this at Wikidata 1940 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Eastwood, Ontario, Canada Mercer Island
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creator QS:P170,Q46211791
Title
English: Survivors of the wrecked FARALLON in makeshift camp, Iliamna Bay, January 1910
Description
English: The Alaska Steamship Co.'s steam schooner Farallon which serviced southeastern Alaska was wrecked in Iliamna Bay on January 5, 1910. John Thwaites was among the shipwrecked passengers. Caption on image: [illeg.] Farallon, wrecked Jan. [illeg.] PH Coll 247.82
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Alaska Steamship Co.--People--Alaska; Farallon (Ship)
  • Subjects (LCSH): Shipwreck victims--Alaska--Iliamna Bay; Tents--Alaska--Iliamna Bay; Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.--Alaska--Iliamna Bay; Portraits, Group--Alaska--Iliamna Bay
Depicted place
English: United States--Alaska--Iliamna Bay
Date 1910
date QS:P571,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Accession number
38
Source
English: John E. Thwaites Photographs of Alaska
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The author died in 1940, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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THW045

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