Preview

Balto Envelope - 1

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License

Date

1937

Description

This is an envelope addressed to Miss Annie Pickard of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The envelope features an image of Balto and a description explaining that he was the lead dog of the last sled team that raced to bring medical supplies to Nome, Alaska in an effort to save children with diphtheria. The envelope is also stamped with the first day of issue.

Item Type

ephemera

Material Type

paper

Date Uploaded

08.21.2017

Dimensions

16.5 x 9.2

Dimensions Notes

All measurements were taken in centimeters. Measurements are listed as “length by width by height” or “height by diameter” unless otherwise noted.

Recommended Citation

The Barbara H. Hagan School of Nursing: Historical Collection. (2017). "Balto Envelope - 1" [Photograph]. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.molloy.edu/nur_hagan/306