File:Snow covered mountains near Belkofski, ca 1912 (THWAITES 169).jpeg

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English: Snow covered mountains near Belkofski, 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: Snow covered mountains near Belkofski, ca. 1912
Description
English: Caption on image: Scene near Belkofsky, Alaska PH Coll 247.361
Belkofski is located on a point at the eastern end of the Alaska Peninsula, 12 miles southeast of King Cove. Russians originally settled Aleuts at Belkofski in 1823 to harvest the large concentration of sea otters inhabiting the area's reefs. At the height of this exploitation, Belkofski was one of the most affluent villages in the area. In the 1880s, there were three stores, and residents imported building materials and furniture from San Francisco. A Russian Orthodox Church was built. When the otter industry diminished at the turn of the century, so did the population of Belkofski. Remaining residents trapped. Cash employment in the Pribilofs, King Cove or Sand Point lured residents away from the village. Belkofski is now a summer fishing camp, used by King Cove residents and other area Aleuts.
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Mountains--Alaska; Bodies of water--Alaska
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English: United States--Alaska--Belkofski
Date circa 1912
date QS:P571,+1912-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q219563
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169
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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.

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