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English: Dogsled team and drivers, near Seward, ca. 1914   (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: Dogsled team and drivers, near Seward, ca. 1914
Description
English: John Thwaites made one mail delivery trip by dogsled from Seward about 1914 . Caption on image: A visit on the trail near Seward, Alaska PH Coll 247.385
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Dogsledding--Alaska--Seward; Dog teams--Alaska--Seward; Snow--Alaska--Seward; Snowshoes & snowshoeing--Alaska--Seward
  • Subjects (LCSH): Sled dogs--Alaska--Seward; Sleds--Alaska--Seward; Mushers--Alaska--Seward
Depicted place Seward, Alaska
Date circa 1914
date QS:P571,+1914-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Accession number
241
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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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THW201

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