Alaska Digital Library
This site includes a huge number of photos and video clips, most not related to the Siberian. However it also includes a few rare video clips as well as many photos of the early Siberians. To go to their search page chick here.
To save people time, I went through the site doing various searches and have included direct links below to pictures and videos that I thought might be of interest to Siberian fanciers. This does not include all the pictures. I've divided the pictures into two catagories; those that have some kind of definite Siberian connection and those that are sleddog related but May ore may not be Siberians. They are listed in alphabetical order by the title listed on the Alaska Digital Library site.
Siberian or Siberian Related Pictures and Video Clips
"9th All Alaska Sweepstakes":
Original Date: 14 April 1916
Description: "Leonhard Seppala was first place winner at Nome, Alaska on April 14, 1916. time: 408 miles, 80 hours, 38, minutes and 5 seconds."
"Another of Seppala'a Siberians"
Time Period: None listed but likely pre 1939.
Note: Can anyone positively identify this dog or time period?
"Asa Seppala, Peggy Ricker, Leonhard Seppala"
Time Period: 1913-1939
Description: Signed Photo of Seppala, his brother Asa and Ricker.
"Leonhard Seppala"
Time Period: 1913-1939 [Likely 1932-1939 ]
Description: "Musher Poses with Three Siberian Huskies"
Collection Name: Harry T. Becker. Photographs, ca. 1932-1945
"Leonard Seppala and his Dog Team"
Time Period: 1913-1939
Description: Title taken from caption. Photographer: probably Vern Brickley. Original photograph size: 4" x 5"
Collection Name: Peter R and Beulah Marrs Parisis. Papers
"Fox Ramsay, winners 2nd prise [six] 3rd annual All Alaska Sweepstake",
Original Date: 1910
Description: "Color view of Fox Maule Ramsay and his Siberian Husky deog team." "Photographer's number 848. 1910. Photographer: Lomen Bros.
"Handicap dog race",
Original Date: 1930
Description: 1930, Laconia, New Hampshire. Roland "Doc" Lombard holding his dog Bucky. "Two dogs next to sleds were loaned him by Seppala."
"Leonhard Seppala"
Time Period: 1913-1939
Description: "Dog musher and breeder Leonhard (sometimes spelled Leonard) Seppala wearing fur parka. From verso: "Your friend Sepp when he is good and god damn mad after loosing [sic] the Quebec race. Leonhard Seppala."
"Leonhard Seppala & 5 Siberians"
Time Period: 1896-1913; 1913-1939
Note: Can anyone positively identify these dogs?
"Leonhard Seppala and a woman have a hot drink by their sled on the ice"
Time Period: 1013-1939
Description: "Dog musher Leonhard Seppala and an unidentified woman dressed in fur parkas drinking hot beverages next to sled."
"Leonhard Seppala and his 9 powered dog team"
Time Period: 1896 to 1913; 1913-1939
Description: "Leonhard Seppala and his 9 powered dog team."
Note: I question the time1896-1939 period listed on the site for this photo. This appears to be the same team or at least time period (1947-1952) as the video below titled "Leonhard Seppala mushing dogs near Chatanika, 1947-1952." Since these dogs look more of the type Seppala was running in the later time period I think the 1947-1952 period might be more correct for this photo.
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"Leonhard Seppala and his Siberians".
Original Date: 1916
Description: Leonhard Seppala with his dog team of Siberian Huskies and sled. Ruby, Alaska, 1916
"Leonhard Seppala's dog team on ice"
Time Period: 1913-1939
Description: "Leonhard Seppala and an unidentified woman with their dog team and sled on ice, as Seppala builds a bonfire."
"Leonhard Seppala's Team, Fastest in Alaska - Nome"
Original Date: 1915-1916?
Description: Title taken from front, Leonhard Seppala and his sled dog team, winners of award for fastest in Alaska, at Nome, Alaska. 1915-1916?
"Sep, one of Seppala lead dogs"
Time Period: 1896 to 1913, 1913to 1939
Description: One of Leonhard Seppala's lead sled dogs, named Sep.
"Seppala's tropies"
Time Period: 1896 to 1913, 1913 to 1939.
Description: "Cabinet full of Seppala's trophies,"
"Togo, Leonhard Seppala's racing leader - Nome serum run"
Original Date: 1920-1929
Description: "Title taken from front, Portrait of Togo, Leonhard Seppala's sled dog team leader during Nome serum run in Alaska, 1920's."
"Winners of the Eighth All Alaska Sweepstakes 1915", Leonard [sic] Seppala, owner and driver.
Original Date: 1915
Description: "Title taken from front. Leonhard Seppala and his dog team, Name, Alaska. 1915.
VIDEOS
At the top of the page you will see the note "click here to display item". You need to click on this note to display the video clip. The clips are coming up in "Quick Time Player" not "Windows Media Player" so you may have to download the Quick Time Player to see these clips but believe me it is more than worthwhile doing.
"Dog yard at Chatanika, 1947-1952"
Original Date: 1947-1952
Description: 49 second film clip, color/silent, of Leonhard Seppala's dog yard in Chatanika. Dogs are being put into harness and dogs are pulling a sled. The man seen in the clip might be Leonhard Seppala."
"Leonhard and Constance Seppala with puppies, 1947-1952"
Original Date: 1947-1952
Description: "48 second film clip, color/silent, of Leonhard and Constance Seppala. They are sittingon the porch in front of a house and playing with some puppies. This was possibly filmed in Chatanika.
"Leonhard Seppala mushing dogs near Chatanika, 1947-1952"
Original Date: 1947-1952
Description: 84 second film clip, color/silent, of Leonhard Seppala in his dog yard, harnessing dogs, and mushing a team.
"Pupmobile on the Seward Peninsula, 1928-1932"
Original Date: 1928-1932
Description: 27 second film clip, black & white/silent, of a dog-powered railroad car.
Other Early Sled Dog Pictures / Videos (may or may not be Siberian)
"A Dog Team At College"
Time Period: 1913 to 1939
Description: "Title taken from back of photograph. 'Please return 2 large pictures. Thisis a dog team at College with power house at right. Do you recognize Genevieve Parker in her parka? She won women's dog race Sunday."
"A Lineup of Dog Teams"
Original Date: 1925
Description: Title taken from caption. "A Lineup of Dog Teams Leaving Tanana for their Muskrat Camps in the Yukon Flats. 1925"
"A Trapper's Dogs at a line camp"
Time Period: 1913 to 1939
Description: Title taken from caption. "A trapper's dogs at a line cap. Foraker River"
"A Winter Scene Near Ruby, Alaska"
Original Date: 1912
Description: "Title from caption. Phtotograph of two men and a dog team."
"Winner Third Place"
Original Date: 1913
Description: Title taken from caption. "allan, Darling Entry 6th all Alaska sweepstakes, Nome, Alaska 1913. Scotty Allan, driver. Photographer number: C47. Cataloguer's note: A icture capturing one of the early dog mushing race competitions and one that shows Alexander (Scotty) Allan; who is a famous pioneer musher.
"Anthony, Alice & Tsul"
Time Period: 1913 to 1939
Description: "Photograph of Harry, Alice and Tsul Anthony rnning a dogsled over grass."
"Charlie Johnson and his dog team"
Time Period: 1896 to 1913
Description: "Title from caption. Photograph of a man with a dog team. Narrative in photo album read: "Two view of Charlie Johnson's dog team, all of them brothers, the leader being "Yack" and the next one "yumbo" (Jack & Jumbo)"
"Dog Team"
Original Date: 1900 to 1913
Description: Title taken from caption "My self & dog team the day before we reached Fairbanks. I have 2 sleds copeled [coupled] together. [On postcard stock.]
"Dog Team"
Time Period: 1896 to 1913
Description: Title taken from caption. "[Dog team hitched to sledge, man standing on back of sledge, large buildings in background; on postcard stock.]"
"Dog Team"
Time Period: 1896 to 1913
Description: Cataloguer's note: A photograph that is identical to this one bears the caption "Jack sullivan's Dog Team".
"Dog team near Rampart, Alaska"
Time Period: Title from caption. Photograph of a dg team near Rampart, Alaska.
"John Allen, Fairbaks Dog Derby Winner"
Time Period: 1913 to 1939
Description: Title from caption. Photograph of a dog musher and his team
"Ready to start a dog-team race"
Time period: 1896 to 1913 [however collection is 1910-1912]
Description: Title from caption. Postcard of a dogsled race about to start. Narrative in photo album reads: "Ready to start a dog-team reace. Each team is timed and must return with every dog it takes out, even if dog is dead, or exhausted or crippled, he must be brought back on the sled."
"Swiftist dog team in Alaska"
Time Period: 1896 to 1913
Description: Title from caption. Photograph of three riders and a musher posing with a dog sled team. In the background one can see what may be stacks of cordwood.
VIDEOS
"Chatanika, 1935"
Original Date: 1935
Description: 39 second film clip, balck & white/silent. The clip shows scenes from Chatanika in 1935. Scenes include a man standing in front of a bus identified as Billy Root's, sled dogs in their harnesses and a puppy in training.
"Dogsled Parade in Nome"
Original Date: 1928-1935
Description: 100 second (1:40 min) film clip, black & white/silent. Clip shows a dog sled parade complete with "dogsled floats". The floats include and airplance, a kayak, an igloo, baby buggys, and a fur display."
"Dogs Pulling Freight Sleds, 1935"
Original Date: 1935
Description: 35 second film clip, black & white/silent of sled dogs hauling freight sleds.
Note: Some may be Siberians?
"Sled Dog Races, 1959"
Original Date: 1959
37 second film clip, color/silent, of the start of the Alaska Dog Mushers Association's Grand Championship Sled Dog Race.
To save people time, I went through the site doing various searches and have included direct links below to pictures and videos that I thought might be of interest to Siberian fanciers. This does not include all the pictures. I've divided the pictures into two catagories; those that have some kind of definite Siberian connection and those that are sleddog related but May ore may not be Siberians. They are listed in alphabetical order by the title listed on the Alaska Digital Library site.
Siberian or Siberian Related Pictures and Video Clips
"9th All Alaska Sweepstakes":
Original Date: 14 April 1916
Description: "Leonhard Seppala was first place winner at Nome, Alaska on April 14, 1916. time: 408 miles, 80 hours, 38, minutes and 5 seconds."
"Another of Seppala'a Siberians"
Time Period: None listed but likely pre 1939.
Note: Can anyone positively identify this dog or time period?
"Asa Seppala, Peggy Ricker, Leonhard Seppala"
Time Period: 1913-1939
Description: Signed Photo of Seppala, his brother Asa and Ricker.
"Leonhard Seppala"
Time Period: 1913-1939 [Likely 1932-1939 ]
Description: "Musher Poses with Three Siberian Huskies"
Collection Name: Harry T. Becker. Photographs, ca. 1932-1945
"Leonard Seppala and his Dog Team"
Time Period: 1913-1939
Description: Title taken from caption. Photographer: probably Vern Brickley. Original photograph size: 4" x 5"
Collection Name: Peter R and Beulah Marrs Parisis. Papers
"Fox Ramsay, winners 2nd prise [six] 3rd annual All Alaska Sweepstake",
Original Date: 1910
Description: "Color view of Fox Maule Ramsay and his Siberian Husky deog team." "Photographer's number 848. 1910. Photographer: Lomen Bros.
"Handicap dog race",
Original Date: 1930
Description: 1930, Laconia, New Hampshire. Roland "Doc" Lombard holding his dog Bucky. "Two dogs next to sleds were loaned him by Seppala."
"Leonhard Seppala"
Time Period: 1913-1939
Description: "Dog musher and breeder Leonhard (sometimes spelled Leonard) Seppala wearing fur parka. From verso: "Your friend Sepp when he is good and god damn mad after loosing [sic] the Quebec race. Leonhard Seppala."
"Leonhard Seppala & 5 Siberians"
Time Period: 1896-1913; 1913-1939
Note: Can anyone positively identify these dogs?
"Leonhard Seppala and a woman have a hot drink by their sled on the ice"
Time Period: 1013-1939
Description: "Dog musher Leonhard Seppala and an unidentified woman dressed in fur parkas drinking hot beverages next to sled."
"Leonhard Seppala and his 9 powered dog team"
Time Period: 1896 to 1913; 1913-1939
Description: "Leonhard Seppala and his 9 powered dog team."
Note: I question the time1896-1939 period listed on the site for this photo. This appears to be the same team or at least time period (1947-1952) as the video below titled "Leonhard Seppala mushing dogs near Chatanika, 1947-1952." Since these dogs look more of the type Seppala was running in the later time period I think the 1947-1952 period might be more correct for this photo.
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"Leonhard Seppala and his Siberians".
Original Date: 1916
Description: Leonhard Seppala with his dog team of Siberian Huskies and sled. Ruby, Alaska, 1916
"Leonhard Seppala's dog team on ice"
Time Period: 1913-1939
Description: "Leonhard Seppala and an unidentified woman with their dog team and sled on ice, as Seppala builds a bonfire."
"Leonhard Seppala's Team, Fastest in Alaska - Nome"
Original Date: 1915-1916?
Description: Title taken from front, Leonhard Seppala and his sled dog team, winners of award for fastest in Alaska, at Nome, Alaska. 1915-1916?
"Sep, one of Seppala lead dogs"
Time Period: 1896 to 1913, 1913to 1939
Description: One of Leonhard Seppala's lead sled dogs, named Sep.
"Seppala's tropies"
Time Period: 1896 to 1913, 1913 to 1939.
Description: "Cabinet full of Seppala's trophies,"
"Togo, Leonhard Seppala's racing leader - Nome serum run"
Original Date: 1920-1929
Description: "Title taken from front, Portrait of Togo, Leonhard Seppala's sled dog team leader during Nome serum run in Alaska, 1920's."
"Winners of the Eighth All Alaska Sweepstakes 1915", Leonard [sic] Seppala, owner and driver.
Original Date: 1915
Description: "Title taken from front. Leonhard Seppala and his dog team, Name, Alaska. 1915.
VIDEOS
At the top of the page you will see the note "click here to display item". You need to click on this note to display the video clip. The clips are coming up in "Quick Time Player" not "Windows Media Player" so you may have to download the Quick Time Player to see these clips but believe me it is more than worthwhile doing.
"Dog yard at Chatanika, 1947-1952"
Original Date: 1947-1952
Description: 49 second film clip, color/silent, of Leonhard Seppala's dog yard in Chatanika. Dogs are being put into harness and dogs are pulling a sled. The man seen in the clip might be Leonhard Seppala."
"Leonhard and Constance Seppala with puppies, 1947-1952"
Original Date: 1947-1952
Description: "48 second film clip, color/silent, of Leonhard and Constance Seppala. They are sittingon the porch in front of a house and playing with some puppies. This was possibly filmed in Chatanika.
"Leonhard Seppala mushing dogs near Chatanika, 1947-1952"
Original Date: 1947-1952
Description: 84 second film clip, color/silent, of Leonhard Seppala in his dog yard, harnessing dogs, and mushing a team.
"Pupmobile on the Seward Peninsula, 1928-1932"
Original Date: 1928-1932
Description: 27 second film clip, black & white/silent, of a dog-powered railroad car.
Other Early Sled Dog Pictures / Videos (may or may not be Siberian)
"A Dog Team At College"
Time Period: 1913 to 1939
Description: "Title taken from back of photograph. 'Please return 2 large pictures. Thisis a dog team at College with power house at right. Do you recognize Genevieve Parker in her parka? She won women's dog race Sunday."
"A Lineup of Dog Teams"
Original Date: 1925
Description: Title taken from caption. "A Lineup of Dog Teams Leaving Tanana for their Muskrat Camps in the Yukon Flats. 1925"
"A Trapper's Dogs at a line camp"
Time Period: 1913 to 1939
Description: Title taken from caption. "A trapper's dogs at a line cap. Foraker River"
"A Winter Scene Near Ruby, Alaska"
Original Date: 1912
Description: "Title from caption. Phtotograph of two men and a dog team."
"Winner Third Place"
Original Date: 1913
Description: Title taken from caption. "allan, Darling Entry 6th all Alaska sweepstakes, Nome, Alaska 1913. Scotty Allan, driver. Photographer number: C47. Cataloguer's note: A icture capturing one of the early dog mushing race competitions and one that shows Alexander (Scotty) Allan; who is a famous pioneer musher.
"Anthony, Alice & Tsul"
Time Period: 1913 to 1939
Description: "Photograph of Harry, Alice and Tsul Anthony rnning a dogsled over grass."
"Charlie Johnson and his dog team"
Time Period: 1896 to 1913
Description: "Title from caption. Photograph of a man with a dog team. Narrative in photo album read: "Two view of Charlie Johnson's dog team, all of them brothers, the leader being "Yack" and the next one "yumbo" (Jack & Jumbo)"
"Dog Team"
Original Date: 1900 to 1913
Description: Title taken from caption "My self & dog team the day before we reached Fairbanks. I have 2 sleds copeled [coupled] together. [On postcard stock.]
"Dog Team"
Time Period: 1896 to 1913
Description: Title taken from caption. "[Dog team hitched to sledge, man standing on back of sledge, large buildings in background; on postcard stock.]"
"Dog Team"
Time Period: 1896 to 1913
Description: Cataloguer's note: A photograph that is identical to this one bears the caption "Jack sullivan's Dog Team".
"Dog team near Rampart, Alaska"
Time Period: Title from caption. Photograph of a dg team near Rampart, Alaska.
"John Allen, Fairbaks Dog Derby Winner"
Time Period: 1913 to 1939
Description: Title from caption. Photograph of a dog musher and his team
"Ready to start a dog-team race"
Time period: 1896 to 1913 [however collection is 1910-1912]
Description: Title from caption. Postcard of a dogsled race about to start. Narrative in photo album reads: "Ready to start a dog-team reace. Each team is timed and must return with every dog it takes out, even if dog is dead, or exhausted or crippled, he must be brought back on the sled."
"Swiftist dog team in Alaska"
Time Period: 1896 to 1913
Description: Title from caption. Photograph of three riders and a musher posing with a dog sled team. In the background one can see what may be stacks of cordwood.
VIDEOS
"Chatanika, 1935"
Original Date: 1935
Description: 39 second film clip, balck & white/silent. The clip shows scenes from Chatanika in 1935. Scenes include a man standing in front of a bus identified as Billy Root's, sled dogs in their harnesses and a puppy in training.
"Dogsled Parade in Nome"
Original Date: 1928-1935
Description: 100 second (1:40 min) film clip, black & white/silent. Clip shows a dog sled parade complete with "dogsled floats". The floats include and airplance, a kayak, an igloo, baby buggys, and a fur display."
"Dogs Pulling Freight Sleds, 1935"
Original Date: 1935
Description: 35 second film clip, black & white/silent of sled dogs hauling freight sleds.
Note: Some may be Siberians?
"Sled Dog Races, 1959"
Original Date: 1959
37 second film clip, color/silent, of the start of the Alaska Dog Mushers Association's Grand Championship Sled Dog Race.