Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. The Robert E. Peary Family Collection: Photographic Portraits of Marie Peary Kuhne, 1893 - 1956

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Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. The Robert E. Peary Family Collection: Photographic Portraits of Marie Peary Kuhne, 1893 - 1956

1893-1956

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/559434

This series consists of portraits of Marie Peary Kuhne, daughter of Adm. Robert E. Peary, taken from her infancy to 1956. Included are views of her parents, grandparents, and Mrs. Kuhne's sons (folder 1). In addition, there are pictures of her as an infant (folder 2), her wedding portrait (folder 4), and in later life. There are a few original negatives for these photographs.

4 linear inches

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National Archives at College Park

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Peary, Robert Edwin, 1856-1920

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Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (born May 6, 1856, Cresson, Pennsylvania – died February 20, 1920, Washington, D.C.) was an American explorer and United States Navy officer who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for claiming to have reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April 6, 1909. Though born in Pennsylvania, Peary grew up in in Portland, Maine. He went to a prominent boarding school called Loomis Chaffe. He attende...