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Description
Leonhard Seppala and one of his Siberian husky sled dogs.
Seppala and Elizabeth Ricker, wife of the Poland Spring Hotel manager and a "musher" herself, started a kennel at Poland Spring to breed Seppala Siberians.
About This Item
- Title: Leonhard Seppala and dog, Poland Spring, 1927
- Creation Date: 1927
- Subject Date: 1927
- Location: Poland Spring, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.14521
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Dogs
- Dogsledding--Maine--Poland Spring
- Races
- Seppala, Leonhard, 1877-1967
- Sled dog racing--Maine--Poland Spring
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