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English: Aleut barabara, or sod hut, Akutan, Bering Sea, ca. 1912   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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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: Aleut barabara, or sod hut, Akutan, Bering Sea, ca. 1912
Description
English: Caption on image: Barabara, Akutan, Alaska PH Coll 247.14
A barabara is a traditional Aleut home. Sod and grass are laid over a frame of whale ribs or wood covering an oblong pit. A barabara, pronounced buh-RAH-buh-ruh, blends into its surroundings quite well. The homes typically were 35 to 40 feet long and 20 to 30 feet wide. Aleuts entered the home by descending a pole ladder extending through the roof. A large common area in the middle was surrounded by sleeping areas along the walls. Sometimes graves were also dug into the walls.A typical village on the Alaska Peninsula or the Aleutian Islands might have had 200 residents in five or 10 barabaras.
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Huts--Alaska--Akutan
  • Subjects (LCSH): Sod houses--Alaska--Akutan; Aleuts--Dwellings--Alaska--Akutan; Vernacular architecture--Alaska--Akutan; Architecture, Domestic--Alaska--Akutan
Depicted place
English: United States--Alaska--Akutan
Date circa 1912
date QS:P571,+1912-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q219563
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13
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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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