Keywords: Robert Peary
Item 7812
Commodore Robert Peary and Mrs. Peary, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Harpswell Media: Card photograph
Item 28768
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, ca. 1909
Contributed by: Maine State Museum Date: circa 1909 Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
Exhibit
Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler
Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.
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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
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"Peary’s Arctic explorations, with Peary noting the snowshoes never failed him. After Dunham’s success in Michigan, he and his wife Emma performed on…"
Story
Minik Wallace 1891-1918
by Genevieve LeMoine, The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum
The life of Minik, an Inuit person from Greenland who grew up in New York City.
