Mellie Dunham made snowshoes for Commodore Robert E. Peary's last two Arctic explorations.
In 1905 Peary ordered 62 pairs of snowshoes and he placed a duplicate order for the second expedition in 1909, when Peary reached the North Pole.
The Arctic snowshoes were a special design that were unusually long and narrow.
Several pairs were as long as 60 inches by 10 or 12 inches wide. Forty-eight pairs were 12 by 48 inches wide.
