Dog team pulling a cart, ca. 1898

After the snow melted in the spring, dog teams didn't rest. They continued to work, pulling carts instead of sleds. This photo shows a team of six dogs pulling a cart loaded with a trunk and other supplies, possibly belonging to the woman standing near the cart (left center). Eric Hegg took thi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hegg, Eric A., 1867-1948
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Business districts
Carts & wagons
Crowds
Dog teams
Gold rushes
Stores & shops
Yukon
Hegg
Dawson City
Dawson
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/6986
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Summary:After the snow melted in the spring, dog teams didn't rest. They continued to work, pulling carts instead of sleds. This photo shows a team of six dogs pulling a cart loaded with a trunk and other supplies, possibly belonging to the woman standing near the cart (left center). Eric Hegg took this photo in Dawson sometime around 1898. Original title: Dog team express at Dawson City 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w; 16 x 21 cm.

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