From collection Kosti Ruohomaa Collection
LB2017.19.6107
Perry Greene bandages the paw of Riki, one of his Chinook dogs, at his home in Waldoboro. Bering sits with them. This photo was published in Stag Magazine and posthumously in the January, 1963 edition of Down East Magazine on p. 12. Chinooks are a rare breed of sled dog known for their intelligence and gentleness. In 1940 Perry Greene started a kennel in Waldoboro, and for a couple decades was the only breeder of Chinooks. In 2013 there were only 800 Chinooks registered worldwide. Kosti Ruohomaa took photos of Perry’s Chinook dogs. Kosti’s photos were published in Stag, and the July, 1949 edition of The American Legion Magazine, and also posthumously in Down East Magazine in January, 1963.
