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A bronze statue of Balto by Frederick Roth is installed in Central Park, Manhattan, New York.Balto (1919 – March 14, 1933) was an Alaskan husky and sled dog belonging to musher and breeder Leonhard Seppala.
His statue of Balto was unveiled on December 17, 1925, and was the first statue in the city to honor a dog. The black Siberian Husky became famous during the 1925 serum run to Nome , which saved the children of the city from a diphtheria epidemic .
Balto, the lead sled dog on the final stretch into Nome, became the most famous canine celebrity of the era after Rin Tin Tin, and his statue is a popular tourist attraction in both New York City's Central Park and downtown Anchorage, Alaska, but it was Togo's team which covered much of the most dangerous parts of the route and ran the farthest ...
Columbus Monument Equestrian statue of George Washington The Great God Pan Harriet Tubman Memorial Peace Fountain Statue of Balto. The following public artworks have been displayed in Manhattan in New York City:
Statue of Balto; Statue of Benito Juárez (New York City) Statue of Chester A. Arthur; Statue of Christopher Columbus (Central Park) Statue of Daniel Webster (New York City) Statue of David Farragut (New York City) Statue of Fiorello H. La Guardia; Statue of Fitz-Greene Halleck; Statue of Frances Xavier Cabrini; Statue of Francis P. Duffy
Balto (c. 1919 – March 14, 1933) was an Alaskan husky and sled dog belonging to musher and breeder Leonhard Seppala.He achieved fame when he led a team of sled dogs driven by Gunnar Kaasen on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported from Anchorage, Alaska, to Nenana, Alaska, by train and then to Nome by dog sled to combat an outbreak of the ...
Crews prepare to remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue, September 8, 2021 in ...
Balto appeared in Madison Square Garden before a crowd of 20,000 people. Another statue was erected in downtown Anchorage, Alaska as well, depicting a sled dog in mid-stride, and though most consider this to be another likeness of Balto, the plaque itself, like the NYC statue never mentions the famous dog and instead is dedicated “to all dog ...