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Summary

English: Three-masted sailing ship BENJAMIN F. PACKARD, Chignik, ca. 1912 (

)

Photographer

John E. Thwaites (1863–1940)
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	1940
Location of birth/death	Eastwood, Ontario, Canada	Mercer Island
Authority file	: Q46211791 VIAF: 33831021 LCCN: n2003029489 WorldCat

Title

English: Three-masted sailing ship BENJAMIN F. PACKARD, Chignik, ca. 1912

Description

English: Caption on image: Cannery ship waiting for the salmon pack, Chignik, Alaska PH Coll 247.27
The BENJAMIN F. PACKARD was blown onshore in Chignik Bay during a gale on the night of April 17, 1911. This same storm also damaged the STAR OF ALASKA and the JABEZ HOWES, the latter ship being completely wrecked. The BENJAMIN F. PACKARD and the STAR OF ALASKA were later repaired.

Subjects (LCSH): Barks (Sailing ships)--Alaska--Chignik; Benj. F. Packard (Bark)

Depicted place

Chignik, Alaska

Date

circa 1912

Collection

University of Washington

	Native name	University of Washington
	Location	Seattle, Washington, United States of America
	Coordinates	47° 39′ 15″ N, 122° 18′ 29″ W
	Established	1861
	Website	www.washington.edu
	Authority file	: Q219563 VIAF: 265500071 ISNI: 0000000122986657 ULAN: 500308857 LCCN: n79054596 NLA: 35573202 WorldCat

Accession number

5

Source

English: John E. Thwaites Photographs of Alaska

Permission
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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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Order Number

THW013

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