

Date of photo: ca. 1925
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
From the Candace Waugaman collection, accession number 2002-155-55
Notes: Leonhard Seppala was one of the most important mushers involved with the 1925 serum run to Nome, which saved the city from a diphtheria epidemic. The modern Iditarod sled dog race commemorates that historic run.
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