Title from verso. A man holds the harness of one of the four horses pulling the U.S. Mail sled outside a log building at Gulkana, Alaska. Several passengers are visible in the back of the sled, bundled up in furs. A sign on the side of the sled...
The John W. Chapman Family Papers consist of material relating to John Wight Chapman and May Seely Chapman and their work as Episcopal missionaries at Anvik, Alaska (1887-1930), as well as family correspondence, genealogical information,...
Title from caption. Image shows a street scene in Tanana, with three buildings visible. The building on the right has a sign reading "Tanana Post Office." Several horses and horse-drawn-sleds are in the street. Men are seen standing in the...
Description on verso: "One of the cabins on the mail route, and also used by hunters, between Dawson and Forty Mile --Note baggage and deer on the sled. Fred [is] with dog team"
Title from image caption Driver, dog team, and sled in street, after "arriving with mail from Unalaklik" [Unalakleet]; other men in background; buildings behind include post office and Nowell's photo shop Photographer's number 4578
From image captions: E. B. O’Connor with two men and 17 dogs, hauling Capt. Sundback from Pilgrim Hot Springs Post Office to railroad, a distance of 7 miles, which took 5 hours to negotiate, over mail trail with Duffy’s mail team
Title from image. Verso: Mail service by dog team on Yukon - just before the river breaks - note the water over the anchors in at the sides - 1906. Mail from lower river reaching Eagle. Andrews Photo.
Fur trader Ed Shepherd (left background) and Nathan Noongwook (right background) stand next to sled holding Adventurers Club of New York flag, as last U.S. mail run via dogsled in Alaska prepares to go from Gambell to Savoonga on Saint Lawrence...