File:Chief Shakes totem pole, Wrangell, Alaska, between 1905 and 1915 (AL+CA 6772).jpg

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

Original file ‎(600 × 970 pixels, file size: 69 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

English: Chief Shakes totem pole, Wrangell, Alaska, between 1905 and 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: Chief Shakes totem pole, Wrangell, Alaska, between 1905 and 1915
Description
English:

Caption on image: Totem. Wrangell, Alaska. Thwaites. 2108.

Handwritten on verso: Chief Shakes Totem, Wrangell, Alaska.

PH Coll 413.Album 16.53a

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Totem poles--Alaska--Wrangell; ; Monuments & memorials--Alaska--Wrangell; ; Tlingit Indians--Arts & crafts--Alaska--Wrangell;; Alaska Natives--Arts & crafts--Alaska--Wrangell
  • Subjects (LCSH): Tlingit sculpture--Alaska--Wrangell; ; Tlingit wood-carving--Alaska--Wrangell; ; Wrangell (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Depicted place Wrangell, Alaska
Date circa 1910
date QS:P571,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: Silver gelatin; b&w
Dimensions height: 3.5 in (88.9 mm); width: 5.5 in (13.9 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,3.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,5.5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
6772
Source
English: Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain
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.
Public domain works must be out of copyright in both the United States and in the source country of the work in order to be hosted on the Commons. If the work is not a U.S. work, the file must have an additional copyright tag indicating the copyright status in the source country.
Note: This tag should not be used for sound recordings.PD-1923Public domain in the United States//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chief_Shakes_totem_pole,_Wrangell,_Alaska,_between_1905_and_1915_(AL%2BCA_6772).jpg
Order Number
InfoField
AWC7442

File history

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

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current19:35, 30 March 2019Thumbnail for version as of 19:35, 30 March 2019600 × 970 (69 KB)BMacZeroBot (talk | contribs)(BOT) batch upload

You cannot overwrite this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Chief_Shakes_totem_pole,_Wrangell,_Alaska,_between_1905_and_1915_(AL%2BCA_6772).jpg&oldid=856019985"