Race cachet letter for the Trail Breaker Sled Dog Club, 1990
Race cachet letter for the Trail Breaker Sled Dog Club, 1990
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- Description (Brief)
- Race cachet carried by a sled dog team of the Ohio based Trail Breakers Sled Dog Club over the race course in the tradition of sled dog teams of the past. The art work for the cachet was designed by Jona Van Zyle. 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.
- Jon and Jona Van Zyle are both artists who live outside of Anchorage and have raised sled dogs for many years. Jon has been a supporter of the Iditarod since it beginnings and ran the race in 1976. Jon produced the first official poster for the Iditarod in 1977 which was such a huge success he was voted official artist of the Iditarod in 1979, a position he holds to this day. Jona also contributes her artistic talents to the race by designing logos for the Junior Iditarod and race cachets for the Iditarod and personal cachets for various mushers.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- race cachet letter, sled dog racing
- date made
- 1990
- artist
- Van Zyle, Jona
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm
- ID Number
- 2014.0116.03.2
- accession number
- 2014.0116
- catalog number
- 2014.0116.03.2
- subject
- Professional
- Sports
- Dog Sled racing
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Sport and Leisure
- Sled Dog Racing
- Sports & Leisure
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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