Balto was a Siberian Husky who led a dogsled team carrying desperately needed diphtheria antitoxin through a blizzard to Nome, Alaska, in January 1925. A plaque below Balto’s statue is a relief of the seven sled dogs on their grueling 600-mile journey. Sculptor Frederick G. R. Roth made animals his specialty; two more of his works, Dancing […]
from Forgotten New York http://forgotten-ny.com/2016/10/balto-central-park/
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