Malamute dog standing beside Benjamin S. Downing, possibly Circle City, Alaska, probably between 1898 and 1900
Benjamin S. Downing was born August 1861 in Maine. Before moving to Alaska in 1897, he was living in Rochester, New Hampshire, and working as a stock shipper. In 1900, he was living on the Yukon River north of Eagle and was working as a U.S. mail contractor. He also operated the B.S. Downing Eagle &...
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1898
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| Online Access: | http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/warner/id/481 |
| Summary: | Benjamin S. Downing was born August 1861 in Maine. Before moving to Alaska in 1897, he was living in Rochester, New Hampshire, and working as a stock shipper. In 1900, he was living on the Yukon River north of Eagle and was working as a U.S. mail contractor. He also operated the B.S. Downing Eagle & Dawson Stage Line Caption on image: Downing's Pet Malamut Warner [2092] Filed in Alaska series. Copied by Warer, possibly a L.E. Robertson photograph. |
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