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English: Valdez Narrows, Alaska, circa 1909   (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: Valdez Narrows, Alaska, circa 1909
Description
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Caption on image: Valdez Narrows. Alaska. Thwaites. 4109. PH Coll 413.Album 6.35b

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Channels--Alaska
  • Subjects (LCSH): Valdez Narrows (Alaska); Straits--Alaska
Depicted place
English: United States--Alaska--Valdez Narrows
Date circa 1909
date QS:P571,+1909-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: Silver gelatin; b&w
Dimensions height: 6 in (15.2 cm); width: 8 in (20.3 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,6U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,8U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
4784
Source
English: Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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