File:Passengers boarding rescue boats beside wreck of steamer MARIPOSA, Fitzhugh Sound, British Columbia, October 8, 1915 (THWAITES 153).jpeg

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English: Passengers boarding rescue boats beside wreck of steamer MARIPOSA, Fitzhugh Sound, British Columbia, October 8, 1915   (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: Passengers boarding rescue boats beside wreck of steamer MARIPOSA, Fitzhugh Sound, British Columbia, October 8, 1915
Description
English: Caption on image: S.S. Mariposa wrecked near Bella Bella, Oct. 8, 1915 PH Coll 247.499
Owned by the Alaska Steamship Company, the MARIPOSA sustained damage on a rock ledge at the upper end of Fitzhugh Sound. She was refloated by the Esquimalt salvage steamer SALVOR, towed south and drydocked at the Seattle Construction and Drydock Co. on November 15. The passengers were rescued within two hours and landed at Ketchikan.
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Mariposa (Ship); Lifeboats--British Columbia; Ship accidents--British Columbia; Rescues--British Columbia; Fitz Hugh Sound (B.C.)
  • Subjects (LCSH): Steamboats--British Columbia--Fitz Hugh Sound; Shipwreck victims--British Columbia--Fitz Hugh Sound
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English: Canada--British Columbia--Fitz Hugh Sound
Date 1915
date QS:P571,+1915-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
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153
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English: John E. Thwaites Photographs of Alaska
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