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English: Seattle waterfront, ca. 1898   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Anders Beer Wilse  (1865–1949)  wikidata:Q144339
 
Anders Beer Wilse
Description Norwegian photographer
father of Robert Charles Wilse
Date of birth/death 12 June 1865 Edit this at Wikidata 21 February 1949 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Flekkefjord Municipality Oslo
Work period 1900–49
Work location
Kristiania (Oslo), Kragerø, Seattle
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q144339
Title
English: Seattle waterfront, ca. 1898
Description
English: In the last years of the 19th century, Anders Wilse took many photographs of the Seattle waterfront. This photo, taken between 1897 and 1900, shows steamboats near the coal docks of the Oregon Improvement Company. These vessels used coal to fuel their steam engines. The "Multnomah" (foreground) made regular runs between Olympia and Seattle. The tall masts of sailing ships can be seen in the distance.
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Multnomah (Ship); Oregon Improvement Company; Piers & wharves; Ships; Waterfronts
Depicted place
English: Seattle (Wash.)
Date circa 1898
date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 glass negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 5 in (12.7 cm); width: 7 in (17.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,7U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
6439
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain

The author died in 1949, 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 70 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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Anders Beer Wilse Photographs, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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