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English: Blue Fox, Cat Island, 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: Blue Fox, Cat Island, ca. 1912
Description
English: PH Coll 247.798
As work in the mines declined and the price paid for furs increased, fox farming began to prosper. By 1919, twenty-one fox farmers held Chugach National Forest permits for the Sound's 19 fox farms. At least half of the permit-holders were oldtimers who had arrived before or during the gold rush. In 1922, the Valdez Dock Company shipped $100,000 worth of fox furs from the Sound's islands to London and Paris. European women preferred the blue or Arctic fox, whereas the tastes of American women leaned towards red fox. By 1925, thirty-four islands had fox farms, and local newspapers were actively encouraging the establishment of more. At this time, blue fox pelts sold at $100-$150 apiece and silver fox from $250-$500. With the stockmarket crash in 1929 and a change in women's tastes, the fur market declined during the 1930s. By 1939, only 15 active fox farms remained.
  • Subjects (LCSH): Arctic fox--Alaska--Cat Island
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English: United States--Alaska--Cat Island
Date circa 1912
date QS:P571,+1912-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Accession number
332
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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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THW346

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