Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. The Robert E. Peary Family Collection: Photographic Prints and Negatives from Marie Peary Kuhne's Photograph Albums, ca. 1900 - 1930

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Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. The Robert E. Peary Family Collection: Photographic Prints and Negatives from Marie Peary Kuhne's Photograph Albums, ca. 1900 - 1930

1900-1930

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This series consists of the contents of Marie Peary Kuhne's three photograph albums, which were subsequently disassembled by staff at the National Archives after their donation in 1971. Marie Peary Kuhne was the daughter of Robert E. Peary. Album 1 consists mainly of portraits of Mrs. Kuhne, from her childhood to about 1930. Album 2 consists of views of her taken in Greenland in 1900-1901. Album 3 consists of views taken in 1911 on Eagle Island, Maine, the Peary family's home. Included in the third album are views of Mrs. Kuhne, her parents, and her children. Five of the photographs in this series contain corresponding original negatives.

6 linear inches

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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...