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English: Dock and cannery buildings, Ward Cove, 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
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q46211791
Title
English: Dock and cannery buildings, Ward Cove, ca. 1912
Description
English: Caption on image: Wards Cove, Alaska PH Coll 247.683
Ward Cove is a village on the north shore of Ward Cove estuary at the southwest end of Revillagigdo Island, 4.5 miles northwest of Ketchikan. This village is an extension of the settlement area of Ketchikan. A slatery was established here in 1883-84 by W.W. Waud. In 1920, Eugene Wacker was first postmaster of the village, which was then called Wacker. The post office name was changed to Wards Cove in 1951 and then to Ward Cove in 1954.
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Piers & wharves--Alaska--Ward Cove; Ward Cove (Alaska); Ward Cove (Alaska : Bay)
  • Subjects (LCSH): Salmon canneries--Alaska--Ward Cove
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English: United States--Alaska--Ward Cove
Date circa 1912
date QS:P571,+1912-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Accession number
318
Source
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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THW319

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