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Robert E. Peary

Robert E. Peary in the clothes he wore when he explored the North Pole

CREDIT: "Robert E. Peary, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, in costume he wore when he discovered the North Pole." United Press between 1909 and 1920. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.



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