Matthew Henson and Eskimos

copy photograph

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.