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English: Wreck of the salmon cannery ship JABEZ HOWES, Chignik, 1911   (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: Wreck of the salmon cannery ship JABEZ HOWES, Chignik, 1911
Description
English: Caption on image: Wreck of Cannery Ship, Jabez Howes, Chignik, Alaska PH Coll 247.7
The JABEZ HOWES, BENJAMIN F. PACKARD, and STAR OF ALASKA were blown onshore in Chignik Bay during a gale on the night of April 17, 1911. The JABEZ HOWES was completely wrecked. The BENJAMIN F. PACKARD and the STAR OF ALASKA were later repaired.
  • Subjects (LCSH): Jabez Howes (Ship); Sailing ships--Alaska--Chignik Bay; Shipwrecks--Alaska--Chignik Bay; Chignik Bay (Alaska)
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English: United States--Alaska--Chignik Bay
Date 1911
date QS:P571,+1911-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Accession number
8
Source
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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