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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution dogteam dogsled arctic 1911 postal postcard dogs cold snow alaska sled mail sledmail early mail servicwilderness mail earlymailservicwildernessmail musher alaskan mail alaskanmail national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum outdoor Date: 1911 Object number: A.2009-37 Medium: postcard stock; photo-emulsion Description: Unidentified mail contractors pose with sled and dog team for the hand-tinted photographic postcard. 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: Hugh C. Leighton Company Place: United States of America      Alaska See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Hugh C. Leighton Company Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207601 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Date: 1911 Object number: A.2009-37 Medium: postcard stock; photo-emulsion Description: Unidentified mail contractors pose with sled and dog team for the hand-tinted photographic postcard. 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: Hugh C. Leighton Company Place: United States of America Alaska See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Hugh C. Leighton Company Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207601 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
