Collection Name	Curtis R. Smith Photographs, ca. 1917
Identifier	UAF-1997-59-15
Title	Mail team leaving Fairbanks.
Description	Title from verso. View of dog team heading down a snowy street in winter. Several cabins, houses, buildings and a Catholic church are visible. Power lines on both sides of the street are also visible. Photo may have been taken by Calvin F. Townsend, a U.S. Bureau of Fisheries game warden based in Fairbanks from 1913 to 1918. In 1918 Townsend was promoted to U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Inspector, working in Southcentral and Southeast Alaska.
Subject.TGM	Dog teams People Dogsledding Mail sleds Streets Houses Buildings Cabins Log buildings Catholic churches Utility poles Electric lines Winter Snow Postal service Travel
Subject.LCSH	Mushers Sled dogs
Location	Fairbanks (Alaska)
Region	Interior Alaska
Time Period	1913 to 1939
Date	1917?
Type	Image (Photographs)
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Holding Institution	Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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Mail team leaving Fairbanks.

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