Name/Title
Peary, Robert E, Expedition in Greenland Photos (9), 1909Entry/Object ID
P1994.1H.172Description
Peary, Robert E, Expedition in Greenland Photos (9), c. 1905. b/w. Nine photos related to Commander Robert E. Peary's expedition to reach the North Pole. He reached the pole in April, 1909. Photos of Peary in northern gear, his assistant Matthew Henson, and others including Eskimo children, and an iceberg. Photos copyrighted by Frederick A Stokes Co, in 1910. As below: See Museum Graphic, Fall 1965.
94.1H.172 = Peary in fur snow suit with harpoon in his hand, and snowshoes on his feet. Photo label: "Portrait of Robert E. Peary, in his actual North Pole Clothing"
94.1H.173 = Robert A. Bartlett, Man sitting on rock, with cap, a pipe in his mouth. He is wearing dark (flannel?) shirt and trousers. Barren landscape behind him. Photo Label: "Robert A. Bartlett, Master."
94.1H.174 = National Geographic Society Medal commemorating Peary's discovery of the North Pole, April 6, 1909. Shows both front & back of medal in one photo. Photo label: "The Special Great Gold Medal of the National Geographic Society of Washington. (this medal is four inches in diameter)."
94.1H.175 = Four Eskimos in their outdoor fur attire pose in line in snow. Loaded sledge in foreground on left, Snowshoes sticking up out of snow in background right. Photo label: "the Four North Pole Eskimos" From Left to Right: Outah, Ooqueah, Seegloo, Egingwah."
94.1H.176 = Toddler in Eskimo furs. Peary's daughter, Marie. Photo label: Marie Ahnighito Peary. In native costume after her birth in North Greenland."
94.1H.177 = Matthew Henson in Eskimo Garb, Head/shoulders view. An African American, he was Peary's assistant on several expeditions. Photo label: "Matthew A. Henson immediately after the sledge journey to the Pole and back."
94.1H.178 = "King Eskimo Dog"
94.1H.179 = Two small children in Eskimo attire, taken outside. Photo label: "Eskimo children".
94.1H.180 = Iceberg. Man in canoe on waters in front, Handwritten on back: "An ice island in Melville Bay where the Eskimo find good summer hunting by kayak."
Original digital scan located on History CD 04.Lexicon
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