Woman with child, dog, and sled in snow, Alaska
Filed in Alaska--Transportation--Dogsleds By 1900, dog teams were as common in Alaska as cars, ATV's, and snowmachines are today. Almost every winter photograph of early Alaska includes a dog team of some kind. These ranged from small family work teams used for hauling wood and water, to massiv...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/209 2023-05-15T18:45:58+02:00 Woman with child, dog, and sled in snow, Alaska University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division United States--Alaska Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/209 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC0423 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/209 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Alaska Photograph Collection Women--Alaska Children--Alaska Sleds & sleighs--Alaska Snow--Alaska Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:02:48Z Filed in Alaska--Transportation--Dogsleds By 1900, dog teams were as common in Alaska as cars, ATV's, and snowmachines are today. Almost every winter photograph of early Alaska includes a dog team of some kind. These ranged from small family work teams used for hauling wood and water, to massive freight teams used for long distance movement of supplies, mail, and even passengers. The Iditarod Trail and other winter trails around Alaska (such as the old Eagle Trail from Valdez to Eagle on the Yukon River) were built primarily for the freight mushers, who occupy a special place in Alaska history. They manned Alaska's winter lifelines in the days before airplanes and modern communications. [Source: Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race web site, http://www.iditarod.com/background.html] Other/Unknown Material Yukon river Alaska Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Yukon |
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Filed in Alaska--Transportation--Dogsleds By 1900, dog teams were as common in Alaska as cars, ATV's, and snowmachines are today. Almost every winter photograph of early Alaska includes a dog team of some kind. These ranged from small family work teams used for hauling wood and water, to massive freight teams used for long distance movement of supplies, mail, and even passengers. The Iditarod Trail and other winter trails around Alaska (such as the old Eagle Trail from Valdez to Eagle on the Yukon River) were built primarily for the freight mushers, who occupy a special place in Alaska history. They manned Alaska's winter lifelines in the days before airplanes and modern communications. [Source: Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race web site, http://www.iditarod.com/background.html] |
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