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CANTILEVER BRIDGE, DEAD HORSE GULCH, WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE. GENUINE CURTEICH - CHICAGO C. T. AMERICAN ART POST CARD. THIS LINEN POST CARD WAS MAILED FROM SITKA ON MAY 26, 1948 TO MRS J. A. DAHL, 7677 N.E. 14TH ST., MEDINA, WASHINGTON, FROM KENNY. THE STAMP IS A RED 5 CENT AIR MAIL WITH A 4 - PROPELLER AIRPLANE. "BACK ON SHIP FROM SKAGWAY & NOW GOING TO SITKA. TOOK THIS TRAIN OVER WHITE PASS HALFWAY TO WHITEHORSE & SAW THE OLD TRAIL OF 1898. GOT PICTURES AT SOAPY SMITHS PLACE ETC. " THIS PRE-LINEN POST CARD IS UNUSED AND IN GOOD CONDITION - MINOR EDGE / CORNER WEAR - SMALL CREASES BY LOWER LEFT CORNER - DIAGONAL PARTIAL CREASE BY UPPER LEFT CORNER - MARKS AT THE CORNERS FROM AN ALBUM. DEAD HORSE GULCH IS NAMED FOR THE 3,000 PACK ANIMALS WHICH PERISHED THERE DURING THE GOLD RUSH. ESTIMATED DATE OF PUBLICATION FOR THE CARD IS EARLIER THAN ITS USE, PROBABLY THE 1930'S. ***I AM SELLING NUMEROUS RAILROAD AND OTHER ANTIQUE POSTCARDS, AND WILL SHIP UP TO 20 INDIVIDUAL CARDS TOGETHER FOR THE COST OF ONE. CHECK OUT MY STORE: KRISTI'S POSTCARDS OF THE PAST
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