Men and dogsled team at campsite in snow, Alaska
Filed in Alaska--People 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 us...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/351 2023-05-15T18:45:58+02:00 Men and dogsled team at campsite 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/351 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC0434 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/351 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 Camping--Alaska Tents--Alaska Dog teams--Alaska Sleds & sleighs Snowshoes & snowshoeing--Alaska Fur garments--Alaska Igloos--Alaska Group portraits Sled dogs--Alaska Cold weather clothing--Alaska Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:02:48Z Filed in Alaska--People 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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Camping--Alaska Tents--Alaska Dog teams--Alaska Sleds & sleighs Snowshoes & snowshoeing--Alaska Fur garments--Alaska Igloos--Alaska Group portraits Sled dogs--Alaska Cold weather clothing--Alaska |
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Camping--Alaska Tents--Alaska Dog teams--Alaska Sleds & sleighs Snowshoes & snowshoeing--Alaska Fur garments--Alaska Igloos--Alaska Group portraits Sled dogs--Alaska Cold weather clothing--Alaska Men and dogsled team at campsite in snow, Alaska |
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Filed in Alaska--People 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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Men and dogsled team at campsite in snow, Alaska |
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