Matthew Henson and Eskimos

copy photograph

PHOTOGRAPHS
Peary, Robert E. (Adm.)
North Pole
8.88 x 7.50 x 0

Copy photograph of 5 of the 6 men of the World's 3 great races who were the first and only people ever to have walked on the North Pole. The 5 shown are (left to right): Ooqueah, Ootah, Matthew Henson, Egingwah and Seegloo. The 6th, Adm. Robert E. Peary, took the photo. From Nelson Perry Collection. Poor photograph, faces indistinct, graininess in foreground; the original was part of an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History entitled "Partners in Discovery", opened June 19, 1963.


1964.1520

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Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration
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