M.J. McCarthy's entry, 3rd All-Alaska sweepstakes, Chester Bilby, driver – Historic Reproduction
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: M.J. McCarthy's entry, 3rd All-Alaska sweepstakes, Chester Bilby, driver, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
M.J. McCarthy's entry, 3rd All-Alaska sweepstakes, Chester Bilby, driver
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
M.J. McCarthy's team, driven by Chester Bilby, was entered in the third All-Alaska Sweepstakes, a long-distance dog sled race that drew mushers and teams from across the Seward Peninsula around Nome. The race was a showpiece of the gold-rush era, when dog teams were still the main way to carry mail, supplies, and people across the frozen interior. The photograph was taken by Lomen Brothers, a Nome studio whose portraits and views document the town and its winter travel. Its record lists the subject as dog teams and dogsledding in Alaska in 1910.
| Created / published | c1910. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910. |
| Notes | Copyright by Lomen Bros., Nome, Alaska. |
| Subjects | Dog teams--Alaska--1910. Dogsledding--Alaska--1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 910 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-162941 |
More from the Historic Print Archive collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![[Valdez, Alaska and vicinity, 1902-1903?]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d6/d69a2cb3e76a-400.webp)
