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English: Cook Inlet, Seldovia, 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: Cook Inlet, Seldovia, ca. 1912
Description
English: Caption on image: Seldovia, Cooks Inlet, Alaska PH Coll 247.338
Seldovia is on the Kenai Peninsula across from Homer on the south shore of Kachemak Bay. Native residents are mixed Dena'ina Indian and Sugpiaq Eskimo (also known as Alutiiq). The name Seldovia is derived from "Seldevoy" a Russian word meaning "herring bay." Between 1869 and 1882, a trading post was located here. A post office was established in 1898. The village developed around commercial fishing and fish processing.
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Seldovia (Alaska); Cook Inlet (Alaska); Rock formations--Alaska; Boats--Alaska
  • Subjects (LCSH): Inlets--Alaska
Depicted place Seldovia, Alaska
Date circa 1912
date QS:P571,+1912-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Accession number
233
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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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THW173

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