Exploring an Inuit grave on Eskimo Island, Labrador, 1891
Contributed by Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
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In this photograph Charles Rich, Bowdoin class of 1892, and Charles Lincoln, Bowdoin class of 1891, assist Professor Leslie Lee in exploring an Inuit burial site.
Eskimo Island was one of several stops made by the Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador along the North Atlantic Coast.
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- Title: Exploring an Inuit grave on Eskimo Island, Labrador, 1891
- Creator: Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador
- Creation Date: 1891
- Subject Date: 1891
- Town: Eskimo Island
- State: Labrador
- Media: paper; photograph
- Dimensions: 10.5 cm x 13.5 cm
- Local Code: 1988.17.7
- Object Type: Image
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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
Bowdoin College, 9500 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011-8495
(207) 725-3416
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LC Subject Headings
Tombs--Canada--Labrador--Eskimo Island
Inuit--Canada--Social life and customs
Julia A. Decker (Ship)
Students--Maine--Brunswick
Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration
Scientific expeditions--Arctic regions
Bowdoin College--People
Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador
Cemeteries--Canada--Labrador--Eskimo Island
Sepulchral monuments--Canada--Labrador--Eskimo Island
People
Lee, Leslie A.
Lincoln, Charles Stuart Fessenden
Rich, Charles Selwyn
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