Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. Robert E. Peary Family Collection: Glass Negatives of Robert E. Peary, the Roosevelt and A Sledging Party, ca. 1960 - ca. 1960

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Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. Robert E. Peary Family Collection: Glass Negatives of Robert E. Peary, the Roosevelt and A Sledging Party, ca. 1960 - ca. 1960

1960

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/559431

This series consists of black and white glass negatives, the majority of which show Robert E. Peary. Of note are pictures of Peary wearing a sheepskin aviation suit and fur coats (XP-XPF-9 through 21). Also included are one view of the vessel Roosevelt and two views of sledging parties (XP-XPF-6 through 8).

3 linear inches

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SNAC Resource ID: 6474565

National Archives at College Park

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Peary, Marie Ahnighito, 1893-1978

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Marie Ahnighito Peary was born in Northwest Greenland on September 12, 1893, to arctic explorer Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary and his wife, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, of Portland, Maine, and Washington, DC. Their daughter became known world-wide as the "Snow Baby," a name given to her by the Greenland natives who had never before seen a white baby. In 1909, when Marie was 16 years old, Admiral Peary became the first white man to lead a successful expedition to the North Pole. In 1917, Marie Peary...

Peary, Robert Edwin, 1856-1920

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