Lot 3: ROBERT PEARY (1856-1920)

ROBERT PEARY (1856-1920)
June 1906: Robert Peary, His Flag Waves Above Cape Stallworthy [Cape Thomas Hubbard]
gelatin silver print
various annotations in pencil and labels affixed (on the mount);
date, various annotations in pencil/ink, date stamps, various labels, typed credit and caption on collection label affixed (on the reverse of the mount)
image: 9¾ x 7¼in. (25 x 19cm.)
mount: 14 x 9in. (36 x 23.3cm.)

National Geographic magazine, October 1954, p. 523.
National Geographic magazine, January 1963, p. 18.

Archive of Admiral Peary.
Gifted to the National Geographic Society by Mrs. Peary.