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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution alaska mail transportation dog team dogteam sled seward snow post card postcard postal history postalhistory louis h. pedersen louishpedersen snow mountain snowmountain sleigh dogs pack 1913 cold winter mountain sled dogs sleddogs mushing musher idid ididarod mail across the commons mailacrossthecommons national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum outdoor sport blackandwhite black and white Date: 1913 Object number: A.2009-35 Medium: postcard stock; photo-emulsion Description: 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. Pedersen Place: United States of America      Alaska See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Louis H. Pedersen Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207599 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Date: 1913 Object number: A.2009-35 Medium: postcard stock; photo-emulsion Description: 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. Pedersen Place: United States of America Alaska See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Louis H. Pedersen Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207599 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
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