Crowd seeing Donald B. MacMillan off, Wiscasset, 1927
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A crowd waves to Donald B. MacMillan and his crew on the ship Bowdoin, bound for Labrador and Baffin Island.
This expedition set up a scientific station at Anetalak Bay and established the MacMillan-Moravian Eskimo School at Nain, Labrador. The Bowdoin returned after 12 months.
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- Title: Crowd seeing Donald B. MacMillan off, Wiscasset, 1927
- Creator: Portland Press Herald
- Creation Date: 1927
- Subject Date: 1927
- Town: Wiscasset
- County: Lincoln
- State: ME
- Media: Glass negative
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, #16209 ; 2005.061.16209
- Collection: Portland Press Herald Glass Negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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LC Subject Headings
Explorers
Expeditions
Arctic exploration
Arrivals & departures
Bowdoin (Ship)
MacMillan, Donald Baxter, 1874-1970--Travel
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