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| Keywords: Mural-Ariel-Rios-Rockwell-Kent-2.jpg Rockwell Kent at the Ariel Rios Federal Building Washington D C Date 1937; dimensions 7' x 13' 6 Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration Title date and keywords from information provided by the photographer Credit line Photographs in the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Gift; Carol M Highsmith; 2009; DLC/PP-2009 083 Forms part of Photographs in the Carol M Highsmith Archive Mural information from the http //m gsa gov/m/vpb/01028/art_10 html General Services Administration <br> 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 LOC-image highsm 24935 Creator Carol M Highsmith 2011-09 PD-Highsmith Ariel Rios Federal Building mural photographs by Carol M Highsmith Rockwell Kent Fur fashion in 1937 | ||||
