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English: Miles Glacier, Copper River, ca. 1912   (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 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q46211791
Title
English: Miles Glacier, Copper River, ca. 1912
Description
English: Miles and Childs glaciers, both of which calve icebergs into the Copper River from opposite banks . Caption on image: Miles Glacier, Alaska, Copper River PH Coll 247.627
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Miles Glacier (Alaska); Glaciers--Alaska; Copper River (Alaska); Rivers--Alaska
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English: United States--Alaska--Miles Glacier
Date circa 1912
date QS:P571, 1912-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Accession number
271
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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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