Photograph of Seward and Susitna [Alaska] mail team : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Photograph of Seward and Susitna [Alaska] mail team / Smithsonian Institution
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| 説明 | Date: 1913Object number: A.2009-35Medium: postcard stock; photo-emulsionDescription: An unidentified mail contractor and his dog sled team on this photographic postcard are pictured at rest while moving a load of mail between Seward (on the Kenai Peninsula) and Susitna, Alaska, a few miles northwest of Anchorage. Dog sleds transported mail in some areas of the northern United States and the Alaskan Territory during winter months. Contract carriers used these sleds across Alaska from the late nineteenth century into the early 1920s. Isolated for much of the year, remote populations sometimes relied on dog sleds for contact with the outside world. Because weight was a critical factor for the dogs, mail traveling on sleds was usually restricted to first-class pieces unless room was available for newspapers, magazines, and packages. These items were otherwise left behind until spring, when they might be transported by steamboat or wagon. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Louis H. PedersenPlace: United States of America AlaskaSee more items in: National Postal Museum CollectionCredit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Louis H. PedersenPersistent URL:www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207599Repository:National Postal MuseumView more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. |
| 撮影日 | 2009-10-13 12:23:39 |
| 撮影者 | Smithsonian Institution , United States |
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