File:Woman driving the first spike in the construction of the Alaska Railroad, Ship Creek, 1915 (THWAITES 212).jpeg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Woman_driving_the_first_spike_in_the_construction_of_the_Alaska_Railroad,_Ship_Creek,_1915_(THWAITES_212).jpeg ‎(766 × 450 pixels, file size: 65 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

English: Woman driving the first spike in the construction of the Alaska Railroad, Ship Creek, 1915   (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: Woman driving the first spike in the construction of the Alaska Railroad, Ship Creek, 1915
Description
English: Caption on image: Driving The First Spike, April 29, 1915. Gov't Railroad, Ship Creek . PH Coll 247.465
In 1915 President Woodrow Wilson authorized funds for the construction of the Alaska Railroad. Ship Creek Landing was selected as the headquarters of this effort, coordinated by the fledgling Alaskan Engineering Commission. A "Tent City" sprang up in the wilderness at the mouth of Ship Creek, and soon swelled to a population of over 2,000. On July 9, 1915, the Anchorage townsite auction was held, and over 600 lots in a fixed grid were sold for approximately $150,000. Although the area had been known by various names, in this same year the U.S. Post Office Department formalized the use of the name "Anchorage" and despite some protests the name stuck. The woman driving the spike has been identified as Miss White.
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Railroad tracks--Alaska--Anchorage; Women--Alaska--Anchorage
  • Subjects (LCSH): Nails and spikes--Alaska--Anchorage; Railroad construction workers--Alaska--Anchorage
Depicted place
English: United States--Alaska--Ship Creek
Date 1915
date QS:P571,+1915-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Accession number
212
Source
English: John E. Thwaites Photographs of Alaska
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain

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.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
Order Number
InfoField
THW240

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current10:52, 27 October 2016Thumbnail for version as of 10:52, 27 October 2016766 × 450 (65 KB)BMacZeroBot (talk | contribs)

You cannot overwrite this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Woman_driving_the_first_spike_in_the_construction_of_the_Alaska_Railroad,_Ship_Creek,_1915_(THWAITES_212).jpeg&oldid=606102725"