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Mural information from the General Services Administration:
- In the 1930s, mail still arrived in Alaska's ports by ship from Seattle. From there, airplanes commonly transported letters and goods within the state. At each stop, bags were transferred to dog sleds for delivery to their final destinations. Native Alaskans, who were far more familiar with the land and its navigation than recent immigrants, were often hired to drive the dog sleds. This represented a great economic opportunity for a group of people otherwise facing fierce discrimination. In Mail Service in the Arctic, a group of native Alaskans bids farewell to the mail plane. In the foreground, an envelope addressed to Rockwell Kent at Au Sable Forks, New York, changes hands between two women dressed in traditional fur-lined parkas and the driver of the sled.
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Carol M. Highsmith
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Alternative names | Birth name: Carol Louise McKinney Carol McKinney Highsmith | ||
Description | American photographer and architectural photographer | ||
Date of birth | 18 May 1946 | ||
Location of birth | Leaksville, North Carolina | ||
Work period | 1981- | ||
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