File:Dogsled owned by a Alaskan mail carrier, ca 1905 (MOHAI 7308).jpg

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English: Dogsled owned by a Alaskan mail carrier, ca. 1905   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Beverly Bennett Dobbs  (1868–1937)  wikidata:Q43129640
 
Alternative names
B.B. Dobbs
Description photographer
Date of birth/death 1868 Edit this at Wikidata 1937 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q43129640
Title
English: Dogsled owned by a Alaskan mail carrier, ca. 1905
Description
English: By 1901, mail was delivered along the entire length of the Yukon River. In winter, dogsleds delivered first class mail to Nome once a month. Magazines and newspapers had to wait for the river steamers which ran after the ice melted. Dogsled mail carriers generally worked in relay, each carrying the mail along a particular section of the route. Their dogs and sleds had to be kept in excellent condition.

This photo, taken sometime between 1902 and 1908 by B.B. Dobbs, shows the sled and dogteam belonging to a mail carrier who delivered mail in the Nome area. This involved crossing the ice of the Bering Sea.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Gold rushes; Dogsledding; Dog teams
Depicted place
English: Nome (Alaska)
Date circa 1905
date QS:P571,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w
Dimensions height: 18 cm (7 in); width: 24 cm (9.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,18U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,24U174728
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
7308
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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Public domain

The author died in 1937, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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