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| Title | B.S. Downing Eagle and Dawson Stage Line horse drawn sled, crossing the U.S. and Canada boundary line on the Yukon River, February 12, 1904 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | 1904 |
| Notes | Benjamin S. Downing was born August 1861 in Maine. Before moving to Alaska in 1897, he was living in Rochester, New Hampshire, and working as a stock shipper. In 1900, he was living on the Yukon River north of Eagle and was working as a U.S. mail contractor. He also operated the B.S. Downing Eagle & Dawson Stage Line.
Caption on image: Cross the Boundry Line on the Yjkon, Feb. 12th, 1904.
On verso of image: Boundry line between Alaska & N.W.T.
Warner [2097]
Filed in Alaska series. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Sleds & sleighs--Alaska; Transportation--Alaska; Horse teams--Alaska |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Alaska--Boundaries; Northwest Territories--Boundaries; United States--Boundaries ; Canada--Boundaries; B.S. Downing Eagle & Dawson Stage Line--Equipment & supplies--Alaska |
| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Yukon River |
| Digital Collection | Arthur Churchill Warner Photographs
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| Order Number | WAR0515 |
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Arthur Churchill Warner Photograph Collection. PH Coll 273 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | b&w |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. |
