Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. Robert E. Peary Family Collection. Photographs of Admiral Peary's Associates and Other Subjects, ca. 1960 - ca. 1960

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Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. Robert E. Peary Family Collection. Photographs of Admiral Peary's Associates and Other Subjects, ca. 1960 - ca. 1960

1880 - 1918

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/559439

This series consists of black and white photographs collected by or given to Admiral Robert E. Peary by his associates, colleagues, acquaintances, admirers, and other individuals. Most are studio portraits; many of which are autographed cabinet cards. Various other subjects are also included. Among the miscellaneous views are photographs labeled "Great Lake canal construction" (XP-XPQ-4-1 through 4-11) and one of a single-wheel odometer vehicle (XP-XPQ-6-1). The image of the odometer has handwritten annotations on its mount and shows the United States Capitol in the background. A view of Bowdoin College, looking towards Memorial Gateway from King Chapel, Brunswick, Maine is included (XP-XPQ-4-12). Also, two views from the Cliff House Studio in San Francisco, California show the "Cliff House" and seal rookeries (XP-XPQ-4-14) and (XP-XPQ-4-15). Individuals pictured include Morris K. Jesup, Past President of American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York (XP-XPQ-8-9 through 8-10) and A. G. Menocal, Civil Engineer, United States Navy (XP-XPQ-11-4). In addition, there are three views of Peary with Captain Roald Amundsen, Norwegian Polar explorer, who discovered the South Pole, and Lieutenant Sir Ernest Shackleton, British Antarctic explorer (XP-XPQ-9-24 through 9-26).

4 linear inches

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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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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...