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English: View looking up the Iliuliuk River towards Unalaska and mountains, ca. 1912   (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: View looking up the Iliuliuk River towards Unalaska and mountains, ca. 1912
Description
English: Caption on image: Backyard of Unalaska, Alaska PH Coll 247.245
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Unalaska (Alaska); Villages--Alaska; ; Iliuliuk River (Alaska)Rivers--Alaska--Unalaska
Depicted place Unalaska Island
Date circa 1912
date QS:P571,+1912-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Accession number
125
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English: John E. Thwaites Photographs of Alaska
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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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