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[Group of people and cart pulled by dogs, with poster advertising Yukon Girl, in front of the White House] – Antique Poster Print

[Group of people and cart pulled by dogs, with poster advertising Yukon Girl, in front of the White House], [ca. 1919] — historic photograph
[Group of people and cart pulled by dogs, with poster advertising Yukon Girl, in front of the White House], [ca. 1919]. Historic photograph from the White House collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Dogs harnessed to a wheeled cart, with a poster for *Yukon Girl* beside them, set this scene in front of the White House around 1919. The sled-dog and cart motif points to the Klondike and Alaska gold rush of the late 1890s, which still shaped popular imagery of the North two decades later. A street stunt or publicity event like this one would have drawn a crowd along the avenue, and the cart and dogs were likely there to catch the eye of passersby. The photoprint is attributed to Leet Brothers, a Washington studio, though the caption card data is unverified, so the exact occasion and the people pictured remain uncertain.

Created / published[ca. 1919]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint by Leet Brothers. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,222 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-159037

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