Walter B. Beals album on Roald Amundsen, 1906-1929 [graphic].

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Walter B. Beals album on Roald Amundsen, 1906-1929 [graphic].

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The album consists of sixteen photographs, one letter, and one essay mounted on hand made paper and bound inside leather covers. The album also contains an insert of treated airplane linen, possibly from one of Amundsen's aircraft. Some of the photographs are accompanied by captions typed on separate pieces of paper and glued into the album. The photographs, several of which were taken by the Lomen Bros. studio, are dated between 1906 and 1929. These items chiefly consist of portraits of polar explorer Roald Amundsen, as well as images of the airship Norge (with which Amundsen flew over the North Pole on his way from Svalbard to Alaska in 1926) and the sailing ships, Gjoa (with which Amundsen became the first man to sail through the Northwest Passage), and the Maud, in locations in Alaska (mainly Nome). Some of the images of Amundsen are group portraits with members of the Lomen family. Also included is a letter from Amundsen to "Consul Lomen" (probably Judge G.J. Lomen) and an essay by 16-year-old Rose Mary Lomen. The album also contains one photograph of Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, autographed to Beals and his wife. The last page of the album bears the inscription "Gualterus fecit Anno XLIII;" the probable date of the album's completion (1943).

16 photographs in 1 album (1 box) ; 33 x 41 centimeters.

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Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962

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Lomen Bros.

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Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928

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While on an Arctic exploration, Amundsen's ship, the Maud, was disabled by a broken propeller off the Siberian coast. He requested assistance from Captain Claude S. Cochran on the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bear. From the description of Radiograms and telegrams : between Amundsen on the disabled auxiliary schooner Maud and the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bear, 1921 July 8-19. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 30352211 Amundsen was a Norwegian polar explorer. ...

Beals, Walter B.

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Walter B. Beals was born in St. Paul, MN in 1876. He moved to the Washington Territory with his family that same year. He graduated from the University of Washington's School of Law in 1901. After graduation, he went into private practice in Seattle, Wash. Mr. Beals served in the United States Army in World War I. After the War, he served as a King County judge, Washington State Supreme Court judge and Chief Justice of the Court 1933-34 and 1945-46. In October 1946, he took a leave of absence to...