John E. Holmes collection, 1908-1915.

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John E. Holmes collection, 1908-1915.

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The John E. Holmes Collection consists of four photographs and a typed extract from an order issued at Fort Gibbon, Alaska, in 1915. Three of the photographs show Holmes mushing dogs at Iditarod, Seward, and Candle, Alaska. The fourth photograph, a real-photo postcard, shows a Siberian Eskimo woman and child. The order concerns delivering dogs to telegraph stations between Fort Gibbon and Chena, Alaska.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Holmes, John.

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John Elmer Holmes, educated at Stanford, was with the Miners and Merchants Bank in Alaska, working his way up from assayer at the Candle branch (1909) to vice-president at the Iditarod branch (1915). From the description of John E. Holmes collection, 1908-1915. (University of Alaska, Fairbanks). WorldCat record id: 318655742 ...