World's first glimpse of continent's apex caught by Times camera / photograph by Merl LaVoy.

Parker, Herschel Clifford, 1867-1931

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LaVoy, Merl

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Merl LaVoy, one of the first internationally famous news photographers, was born in 1886. He was a Wisconsin native, but after his parents died when he was still a young boy, LaVoy moved to Oregon to live with his uncle. In 1907, LaVoy worked for the Great Northern Development Company, which was prospecting for copper on the Kotsina River in Alaska. In 1910, LaVoy agreed to join Herschel Parker and Belmore Browne as an expedition photographer for their 1912 hike of Mt. McKinley (the highest peak...

Browne, Belmore, 1880-1954

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Belmore Browne processed hides for Andrew Jackson Stone who was hunting for museum purposes. From the description of Trip up the Stikine River, Alaska, 1902. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 42070569 ...

Parker, Herschel Clifford, 1867-1931

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Parker-Browne McKinley Expedition (1912)

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