Alaska-Yukon Pioneers Committee presenting a key to the city to sled dog Balto at Pier 52, Seattle, March 22, 1925
Balto was the lead sled dog on Gunnar Kaasen’s 1925 Serum Run team, delivering diphtheria antitoxin serum to doctors at Nome, Alaska on the last leg of the relay. Balto and Kaasen arrived in Seattle on the Alaska Steamship Company’s steamship Alameda, and they were honored at a ceremony on Pier 2 in...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/4351 2023-05-15T17:24:00+02:00 Alaska-Yukon Pioneers Committee presenting a key to the city to sled dog Balto at Pier 52, Seattle, March 22, 1925 United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Scanned from original photograph as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS2. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/4351 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection 1966.3948.100 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/4351 Yukon Order of Pioneers, Seattle Lodge photograph album, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). Yukon Order of Pioneers, Seattle Lodge photograph album Alaska-Yukon Pioneers (Seattle Wash.) Sled dogs—Washington (State)—Seattle Twins—Washington (State)—Seattle Piers—Washington (State)--Seattle Balto (Dog) Blix Ringwald 1872-1948 image; photograph Photograph ftuwashingtonlib 2019-10-26T22:58:40Z Balto was the lead sled dog on Gunnar Kaasen’s 1925 Serum Run team, delivering diphtheria antitoxin serum to doctors at Nome, Alaska on the last leg of the relay. Balto and Kaasen arrived in Seattle on the Alaska Steamship Company’s steamship Alameda, and they were honored at a ceremony on Pier 2 in Seattle by a committee representing the Alaska-Yukon Pioneer Society and the Boy Scouts on behalf of the city. This photo shows Balto being presented with a bone shaped key to the city by Ben Ferguson, Northern Chief of the Alaska-Yukon Pioneers. The curly-haired children in the photograph are Balto’s “escort,” twin sisters Betty Ann and Shirley Gene Quackenbush, daughters of Mrs. Grace Quackenbush of the Olympic Hotel. Handwritten on photo: A.Y.P. Committee at Pier 2, Seattle giving key to city to Kasson’s Lead Dog “Balto” Left to right: Dr. [Benton] Woods-[William] Brown-[Adolph] Behren[s]-[Henry W.] Powell-Goddard-[Ben] Ferguson-R.[Ringwald] Blix-in background Boy Scouts Caption information source: Seattle Daily Times, March 23, 1925. 1 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in. Still Image Nome Alaska Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Adolph ENVELOPE(-67.190,-67.190,-66.324,-66.324) Ferguson ENVELOPE(-168.583,-168.583,-84.933,-84.933) Gunnar ENVELOPE(-108.885,-108.885,59.384,59.384) Yukon |
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Alaska-Yukon Pioneers (Seattle Wash.) Sled dogs—Washington (State)—Seattle Twins—Washington (State)—Seattle Piers—Washington (State)--Seattle Balto (Dog) Blix Ringwald 1872-1948 |
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Alaska-Yukon Pioneers (Seattle Wash.) Sled dogs—Washington (State)—Seattle Twins—Washington (State)—Seattle Piers—Washington (State)--Seattle Balto (Dog) Blix Ringwald 1872-1948 Alaska-Yukon Pioneers Committee presenting a key to the city to sled dog Balto at Pier 52, Seattle, March 22, 1925 |
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Alaska-Yukon Pioneers (Seattle Wash.) Sled dogs—Washington (State)—Seattle Twins—Washington (State)—Seattle Piers—Washington (State)--Seattle Balto (Dog) Blix Ringwald 1872-1948 |
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Balto was the lead sled dog on Gunnar Kaasen’s 1925 Serum Run team, delivering diphtheria antitoxin serum to doctors at Nome, Alaska on the last leg of the relay. Balto and Kaasen arrived in Seattle on the Alaska Steamship Company’s steamship Alameda, and they were honored at a ceremony on Pier 2 in Seattle by a committee representing the Alaska-Yukon Pioneer Society and the Boy Scouts on behalf of the city. This photo shows Balto being presented with a bone shaped key to the city by Ben Ferguson, Northern Chief of the Alaska-Yukon Pioneers. The curly-haired children in the photograph are Balto’s “escort,” twin sisters Betty Ann and Shirley Gene Quackenbush, daughters of Mrs. Grace Quackenbush of the Olympic Hotel. Handwritten on photo: A.Y.P. Committee at Pier 2, Seattle giving key to city to Kasson’s Lead Dog “Balto” Left to right: Dr. [Benton] Woods-[William] Brown-[Adolph] Behren[s]-[Henry W.] Powell-Goddard-[Ben] Ferguson-R.[Ringwald] Blix-in background Boy Scouts Caption information source: Seattle Daily Times, March 23, 1925. 1 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
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Alaska-Yukon Pioneers Committee presenting a key to the city to sled dog Balto at Pier 52, Seattle, March 22, 1925 |
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Alaska-Yukon Pioneers Committee presenting a key to the city to sled dog Balto at Pier 52, Seattle, March 22, 1925 |
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Alaska-Yukon Pioneers Committee presenting a key to the city to sled dog Balto at Pier 52, Seattle, March 22, 1925 |
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Alaska-Yukon Pioneers Committee presenting a key to the city to sled dog Balto at Pier 52, Seattle, March 22, 1925 |
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Alaska-Yukon Pioneers Committee presenting a key to the city to sled dog Balto at Pier 52, Seattle, March 22, 1925 |
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alaska-yukon pioneers committee presenting a key to the city to sled dog balto at pier 52, seattle, march 22, 1925 |
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http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/4351 |
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United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
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ENVELOPE(-67.190,-67.190,-66.324,-66.324) ENVELOPE(-168.583,-168.583,-84.933,-84.933) ENVELOPE(-108.885,-108.885,59.384,59.384) |
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Adolph Ferguson Gunnar Yukon |
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Adolph Ferguson Gunnar Yukon |
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Nome Alaska Yukon |
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Nome Alaska Yukon |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). Yukon Order of Pioneers, Seattle Lodge photograph album |
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Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection 1966.3948.100 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/4351 |
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Yukon Order of Pioneers, Seattle Lodge photograph album, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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