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Auction archive: Lot number 383

Admiral Robert Peary, Arctic Expedition Collection Featuring 100+ Photographs, Correspondence, Broadside, Book, and More

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$10,625
Auction archive: Lot number 383

Admiral Robert Peary, Arctic Expedition Collection Featuring 100+ Photographs, Correspondence, Broadside, Book, and More

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$10,625
Beschreibung:

Lot featuring approx. 105 photographs related to turn of the century arctic exploration by Robert D. Perry. Mr. Perry was an independently wealthy man and big game hunter who accompanied Admiral Robert R. Peary and Dr. Frederick A. Cook on some of their arctic explorations. Also in the group are two autographed typed letters signed by Peary (Brooklyn, June 7, 1897, 2pp) and Cook (Brooklyn, June 30, 1894 on expedition letterhead) and an advertising broadside (8 x 11 in.) for one of the explorations. The subject matter of the photos include people (Eskimos and boat crew members), native buildings and villages, hunters, boats (schooners and kayaks) and lots of icebergs. The archive includes approx. 14 ice berg photos, 23 buildings/camps, 40 people, 13 boats, and 12 animals. The photos are accompanied by a small group (5) of bone objects and stone weight that were part of the fishing rigging for fishing from a kayak; and a broadside/flyer by Dr. Cook advertising opportunities to join an expedition. A full page Worcester (MA) newspaper story about Perry and his adventures is also enclosed. Hoppin, B. A Diary Kept While With the Peary Arctic Expedition of 1896. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt front, 83pp. Research: Diebitsch-Peary, Josephine. My Arctic Journal, 1893: A Year Among Ice-Fields and Eskimos. Forgotten Books, 2015. Original published in 1894 by Longmans, Green & Co., London. Walsh, Henry C. The Last Cruise of the Miranda. Reprint from the University of Michigan Library. Peary, Josephine Diebitsch. The Snow Baby: A True Story with True Pictures. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1901, fourth ed. Consignor relates that he was raised in a house in Massachusetts that was owned by Mr. Perry until his death in 1947. These photos and other materials were left in the house when it was purchased by the consignor's parents.

Auction archive: Lot number 383
Auction:
Datum:
26 Jun 2020
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

Lot featuring approx. 105 photographs related to turn of the century arctic exploration by Robert D. Perry. Mr. Perry was an independently wealthy man and big game hunter who accompanied Admiral Robert R. Peary and Dr. Frederick A. Cook on some of their arctic explorations. Also in the group are two autographed typed letters signed by Peary (Brooklyn, June 7, 1897, 2pp) and Cook (Brooklyn, June 30, 1894 on expedition letterhead) and an advertising broadside (8 x 11 in.) for one of the explorations. The subject matter of the photos include people (Eskimos and boat crew members), native buildings and villages, hunters, boats (schooners and kayaks) and lots of icebergs. The archive includes approx. 14 ice berg photos, 23 buildings/camps, 40 people, 13 boats, and 12 animals. The photos are accompanied by a small group (5) of bone objects and stone weight that were part of the fishing rigging for fishing from a kayak; and a broadside/flyer by Dr. Cook advertising opportunities to join an expedition. A full page Worcester (MA) newspaper story about Perry and his adventures is also enclosed. Hoppin, B. A Diary Kept While With the Peary Arctic Expedition of 1896. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt front, 83pp. Research: Diebitsch-Peary, Josephine. My Arctic Journal, 1893: A Year Among Ice-Fields and Eskimos. Forgotten Books, 2015. Original published in 1894 by Longmans, Green & Co., London. Walsh, Henry C. The Last Cruise of the Miranda. Reprint from the University of Michigan Library. Peary, Josephine Diebitsch. The Snow Baby: A True Story with True Pictures. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1901, fourth ed. Consignor relates that he was raised in a house in Massachusetts that was owned by Mr. Perry until his death in 1947. These photos and other materials were left in the house when it was purchased by the consignor's parents.

Auction archive: Lot number 383
Auction:
Datum:
26 Jun 2020
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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