Commodore Robert Peary and Mrs. Peary, ca. 1900

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Commodore Robert Peary and Mrs. Peary, ca. 1900

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Card photograph of Commodore Robert Peary and his wife, Mrs. Josephine Peary, c. 1900. Robert Peary graduated from Bowdoin College in 1877 and soon after bought Eagle Island in Casco Bay. In 1909 in a dramatic journey through the Arctic he and his crew reached the North Pole.

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  • Title: Commodore Robert Peary and Mrs. Peary, ca. 1900
  • Creation Date: circa 1900
  • Subject Date: circa 1900
  • Location: Eagle Island, Harpswell, Cumberland County, ME
  • Media: Card photograph
  • Dimensions: 14 cm x 17 cm
  • Local Code: Photographs--People--Peary
  • Object Type: Image

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