Race cachet for the St. Ignace Sled Dog Race, 1997
date: label: date made
content: 1997
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Race cachet gives the history of the St. Ignace Sled Dog race which is held each year on the last Saturday of January and follows the mail route along the lakes from Detroit. This cachet pays homage to the early history of the original purpose of the sled dog which was to provide mail and supplies for early settlers and is carried by each musher during the race.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Dog Sled racing
label: web subject
content: Mail
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
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content: Sled Dog Racing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0116.05
label: accession number
content: 2014.0116
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0116.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: race cachet, sled dog racing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 4 in; 21.59 cm x 10.16 cm
label: Measurements
content: unfolded: 8 1/2 in x 11 in; 21.59 cm x 27.94 cm