File:Photograph of postcard with mail team leaving Circle City for Ft. Gibson, Alaska (5285423143).jpg

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English: Title: Photograph of postcard with mail team leaving Circle City for Ft. Gibson, Alaska

Date: c. 1900
Object number: A.2010-3
Medium: postcard stock; photo-emulsion
Dimensions (Unframed): 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Description: Photograph from postcard was published by the Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company of Seattle, Washington. The postcard, #2063 in this particular series, shows contract mail carriers preparing their dogsled team to carry mail through the snow from Circle City to Ft. Gibson, in the Alaskan Territory.
Photographer: Unknown
Place: Circle City, AK
Collection Description: Transportation/Animal Powered
Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection
Photographer: Unknown
Repository: http://postalmuseum.si.edu/resources/6e_photographs.html

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Author Smithsonian Institution
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  • Winter Wonderland
  • People and the Post
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  • Smithsonian Institution
  • National Postal Museum
  • animal
  • animals
  • mammal
  • mammals
  • snow
  • canis
  • canine
  • sled
  • sleds
  • cabins
  • woman
  • men
  • Alaska
  • USA
  • Ft. Gibson
  • Gibson
  • mail
  • team
  • dogsled
  • Circle City

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